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Teams provide update on work at Spring Meeting
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More than 150 people attended the annual Spring Team Meeting, held this year at the Gran Hotel Miramar in Malaga, Spain from 8 to 9 March
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Joint Statement on Brexit
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MARQUES – along with AIM, APRAM, BMM, CITMA, ECTA and INTA – has sent a Joint Statement to the EU Commission’s Brexit team regarding the negotiations concerning the exit of the UK particularly with regard to trade marks and designs
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Hague Agreement seminar in Copenhagen
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The latest in the MARQUES series of events “Mastering the Hague Agreement”, organised in collaboration with WIPO, was presented in Copenhagen on 15 March
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The seminar followed a similar format to previous editions held in Munich and Paris. However, the presentations were updated with the latest information, said Peter Gustav Olson – one of the presenters. In his presentation, Peter included a discussion of “dos” and “don’ts” for design registrations. The audience were invited to consider a series of drawings of designs, and say whether they were registrable or not – and if so why, or how they could be fixed. “The feedback we received was that people found it very helpful and worthwhile to get this practical advice,” said Peter. 
Gregoire Bisson of WIPO also updated his speech on the latest developments regarding the Hague Agreement and in particular the registration of designs in Japan, Korea and the United States.
“We had about 28 attendees, including in-house practitioners and trade mark attorneys in private practice, and they were a very good audience,” said Peter. One of the audience members even said that, based on the seminar, she was considering attending the MARQUES Annual Conference in Paris this year! The next Hague Agreement seminar takes place in London on 18 June.
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Latest news from the MARQUES ACPT Team
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Petra Herkul of DSM became chair of the MARQUES Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team in March, succeeding Diana Versteeg of AkzoNobel. She spoke to HouseMARQUES about the Team’s current activities and plans, in particular its engagement with the EU Observatory
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News from Alicante
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MARQUES members may be interested in these updates from EUIPO in Alicante
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WIPO shares 2017 statistics
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According to information published by WIPO on 21 March, there were 56,200 trade mark applications via the Madrid System last year, an increase of 5% on 2016. The Organization has also published details of UDRP cases heard during 2017
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No more faxes at Madrid Registry
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Hague System updates
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Effective from 1 April, the Madrid Registry will no longer process documents and requests received by fax
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 The UK is joining the Hague System. Plus: get an access code for e-filing
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Beijing AIC targets trade mark infringement
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According to China Industry & Commerce News, in the first quarter of 2018, Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce (Beijing AIC) and its sub-AICs carried out a campaign, which lasted for one month, targeted at trade mark infringement. Teresa Yuan Tian reports
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Upcoming events
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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 The deadline for registration for the EUIPO Case Law Conference has been extended to 13 April. Plus: details of planned MARQUES events
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The MARQUES blogs are packed with the latest news and analysis on case law, legislative developments and other news relating to trade marks and designs
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Issue 087
