Erik Wilbers, Director of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, discussed the evolution of the UDRP system in the 2017 Kay Uwe Jonas Memorial Lecture, held during the MARQUES Spring Team Meeting in Geneva

Some 170 MARQUES members attended the Spring Team Meeting in Geneva this month, which included a workshop on the Madrid System, a Leadership Meeting of Team chairs, the annual Kay-Uwe Jonas Memorial Lecture and presentations by all 20 MARQUES Teams and Task Forces

MARQUES, in collaboration with WIPO, will present the first in a series of events on the Hague System on 27^th April in Munich

The Regulatory Team has compiled a report on certification marks, which is available to read on the MARQUES website

Turkey’s new IP Code introduced some important changes to GI and TSG protection. Özlem Fütman of the MARQUES GI Team explains

In the latest report from the IP Outer Borders Team on unusual trade marks around the globe, Rob Deans and Janet Satterthwaite discuss attempts to register TRADEMARK as a trade mark

Meetings in Barcelona and Alicante and this month’s list of Tuesday webinars are all likely to be of interest to MARQUES members

Trade mark owners filed 3,036 cases under the UDRP with WIPO in 2016, an increase of 10% on the previous year, according to data published this month

A new study published by the EU Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights assesses how EU citizens perceive intellectual property, to what degree they respect IP rights and how their perceptions compare by age and region

DG TAXUD has shared some recommendations for IP right holders in the EU regarding packing material (labels, stickers, etc) shipped from Hong Kong

MARQUES held the Luxury Brands Symposium in Hong Kong on 16^th and 17^th March

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