Issue 114

	June 2020 Contents:
	MARQUES Month details confirmed	>
	Virtual Round Table: Brands in a Time of Crisis	>
	MARQUES Brands, LGBT and Gender Survey	>
	Warning over scam WIPO invoice	>
	Latest information on Brexit	>
	Recent CJEU and General Court decisions	>
	Observatory publishes anti-counterfeiting reports	>
	News from EUIPO	>
	International design developments	>
	Thank you for your Coffee Break submissions!	>
	Forthcoming events	>
	MARQUES Media Roundup	>

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MARQUES Month details confirmed
MARQUES will host a series of online educational and networking events during September 2020, which will be available to members and non-members
MARQUES Month will kick off on 1 September at 09.00 CEST with an opening session presented by Mr Marcus Ahlgren, Head of the Legal and International Affairs Department at the Swedish PTO, and MARQUES Chair Susie Harris of Plum Guide. During the rest of the month, there will be 12 further online sessions including panel discussions and workshops, the Annual General Meeting, Corporate Breakfast, Lewis Gaze Memorial Scholarship and Network Reception. Topics to be covered include: Blockchain and brands Technology in tracking counterfeiters Music and new technology Technical functionality Sustainability Brands and online games There will also be updates from representatives of EUIPO and WIPO. Summary details of all the events, including timings, are available on the MARQUES website. Registration will open on 6 July and the website will be updated with the latest information then.
Virtual Round Table: Brands in a Time of Crisis
MARQUES held a virtual round table on 25 June looking at how brands respond to crises/social actions such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement
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MARQUES Brands, LGBT and Gender Survey		Warning over scam WIPO invoice
The MARQUES IP Emerging Issues Team invite you to undertake a short survey entitled 'Brands, LGBT and Gender'		A particularly egregious example of a scam invoice has been received by a MARQUES member
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Latest information on Brexit
Roland Mallinson of the MARQUES Brexit Task Force provides an update on the latest developments
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Recent CJEU and General Court decisions
There have been a lot of judgments concerning trade marks, copyright and designs this month
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Observatory publishes anti-counterfeiting reports
The Observatory of the European Union has published two reports as part of a pan-European media campaign to fight counterfeiting and piracy
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News from EUIPO		International design developments
The latest information from EUIPO includes the recent User Group meeting, draft Guidelines (2020 edition), Board of Appeal hearings and cooperation with EURid		Mexico has joined the Hague System, and Israel has joined the WIPO DAS for designs
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Thank you for your Coffee Break submissions!
MARQUES wants to thank all the members who sent in news, tips and photos for the MARQUES Virtual Coffee Break initiative during the past three months
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Forthcoming events		MARQUES Media Roundup
The Second Session of WIPO’s Conversation on IP and AI will take place as a virtual meeting from 7 to 9 July		Keep up to date with the latest trade mark and design news, book reviews, event coverage and MARQUES announcements on the Class 46 and Class 99 blogs
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