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Annual Conference SOLD OUT!
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September’s Annual Conference in Paris is sold out, with more than 900 people expected to attend – a record number
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The Annual Conference takes place from 18 to 21 September and will include educational sessions, workshops and social activities. If you are not able to attend, you can follow the Conference on social media using the hashtags #MARQUES18 and #BrandingStyle, and on the MARQUES Class 46 and Class 99 blogs. The Class 46 blog also has previews of the workshops taking place, to help delegates choose which one to attend. Find out more here. There are six workshops on Thursday afternoon, and registered delegates can each choose one to attend (subject to capacity constraints). This year, there will also be a MARQUES information desk where delegates can find out about membership, joining a Team, contributing to MARQUES publications and social media and much more. Members of the Communication and Membership Team will be at the desk to answer questions during the Conference. Note that the 33rd Annual Conference takes place in Dublin, Ireland from 17 to 20 September 2019
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MARQUES takes part in Madrid Working Group
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Tove Graulund and Jessica Le Gros of the International Trade Mark Law & Practice Team represented MARQUES at the 16th session of the Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks, which was held in Geneva from 2 to 6 July 2018
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EU Judges Meeting, 18 January 2019
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Full details of the first MARQUES EU Judges Meeting will be announced at the Annual Conference in September
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Field Notes from the Outer Borders: La Mafia
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In the latest in its series of Field Notes concerning unusual trade marks, Adrian Smith of the IP Emerging Issues Team looks at a mark that now sleeps with the fishes
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EUIPO guidance on acquired distinctiveness
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Guidance on Article 7(3) EUTMR claims; an overview of case law in 2017; and information on the extension of visual search in TMview are all available in the latest issue of Alicante News
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The hazy world of trade marks and cannabis in North America
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Few people can have failed to notice the increasing public and political debate on the question of cannabis use and its legalization, or not as the case may be. While debate has focused on the social, political and economic issues, the legalization of cannabis poses particular challenges to brands. Janet Satterthwaite, Mary-Jane Lemenchick and Stella Syrianos of the MARQUES IP Emerging Issues Team examine the landscape in North America and reveal the dilemmas posed by cannabis in the world of trade marks
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New version of 11th edition of Nice Classification
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A new version of the 11th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Classification) will enter into force on 1 January 2019
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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Swedish Judges Meeting coming soon!
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Recent topics covered on the MARQUES blogs include the EU joining the Geneva Act and Israel’s new Designs Law
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In addition to the Annual Conference and the EU Judges Meeting, there are several other MARQUES events planned
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Issue 092
