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MARQUES Corporate Meetings in 2021
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MARQUES is planning to host four dedicated sessions for corporate members next year. These are by invitation only, and full details will be sent out to corporate members soon.
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Madrid Working Group meeting
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The MARQUES International Trademark Law and Practice Team, represented by Tove Graulund, Gavin Stenton and Jessica Le Gros, participated in the (postponed) Madrid Working Group meeting in October
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Brexit guidance updated
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 Roland Mallinson, Chair of the MARQUES Brexit Task Force, has a round up of the latest UK and EUIPO publications relating to the impact of Brexit on trade marks and designs.
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Observatory publishes survey and discussion paper
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The EUIPO Observatory, in collaboration with the Council of the European Union's Customs Cooperation Working Party and Europol, has conducted a survey on cases of counterfeit labels and packaging materials. The Observatory has also published a discussion paper on IP infringement and enforcement
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Report on IP right bundles
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The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights has published a new study on firms' simultaneous use of patents, trade marks and registered designs to protect their innovation.
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User Group Meeting at EUIPO
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WIPO publishes Creative Economy Notes
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MARQUES took part in the 29th User Group Meeting hosted by EUIPO in two sessions on 14 and 28 October
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Batman, Dracula and Spiderman are the top three most-used franchise characters from movies and video games in the world's biggest media market over the past four decades, according to the first instalment of a new series of "Creative Economy Notes"
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The meeting included 20 representatives of 14 User Associations, who exchanged views on EUIPO's strategic activities and projects, in particular those activities with a direct impact on users. It EUIPO states: This second online session aimed at presenting the evaluation of the results and benefits of the ECPs under SP2020, followed by an overview of the state of play of the European Cooperation Projects under SP2025 and the recent developments after the Working Groups which took place in the first week of October. EUIPO's Deputy Executive Director, Mr Andrea Di Carlo provided the global context and the latest developments on the general update on SME initiatives, which also included the draft proposal for the creation together with the European Commission of a Fund to support SMEs in 2021 to be later on submitted for the approval of the MBBC, and an update on the outcome of the first Working Group meeting of the ECP6 "Supporting SMEs" and its next steps. The presentation on the project "Broaden the Cooperation Framework outside the EU" and an update on the implementation of the EU-funded projects closed this second session of the 29th edition of this forum. The first online session of the 29th User Group meeting was held on 14 October. The Executive Director, Mr. Christian Archambeau opened the meeting by giving first hand information on the impact of COVID-19 on the Office's activities and its users, as well as an outline of the upcoming strategic and institutional agenda. The meeting was then dedicated to exchange views with the users on the closure elements of SP2020 and the strategic projects initiated within the SP2025 in 2020 as well as those that will be proposed for 2021, with the focus on advanced customer-centric services and initiatives under Strategic Driver 2, introduced by the Deputy Executive Director, Andrea Di Carlo. The session also included an overview on the latest case law of the Boards of Appeal and the General Court counted upon the presence of the President of the Boards of Appeal, Theophile Margellos. This session was then followed by an update on the changes to the draft Guidelines. The meeting finished with an update on the latest developments related the impact of Brexit in the Office's practice.
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Consultation on protection and enforcement of IP rights
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 The MARQUES Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team reports on the latest survey on IPR protection and enforcement in third countries launched by the European Commission
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CJEU case update
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The Court of Justice of the EU has given judgments in three cases concerning colour combinations, whether the sale of spare parts and services constitutes genuine use of a mark, and the application to register the MESSI trade mark
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Madrid Protocol tips in Canada
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 Shannon Young and Sanjukta Tole discuss developments regarding the Madrid Protocol in a new post for the Class 46 blog
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Coming soon from MARQUES
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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MARUES is planning to launch new educational and networking resources for members in the next few months
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 Do you read the MARQUES blogs? Would you like to contribute to them to share news about trade mark and design developments with other MARQUES members?
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Issue 118
