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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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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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In its Information Notice 12/2018, WIPO said that the 2019 version of the 11th edition will apply to any application for international registration received by the Office of origin on or after 1 January 2019, or any application for international registration that is received by the International Bureau of WIPO on or after 1 January 2019, when the said application is received by the International Bureau of WIPO after the two-month time limit referred to in Article 3(4) of the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. The International Bureau will insert “NCL(11-2019)” next to the list of goods and services in notifications, registration certificates and publications for all affected international registrations. The Madrid Goods and Services Manager (MGS) will be updated to reflect the changes.
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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
