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Interview: Joachim Hofmann, MARQUES Chair
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 The new MARQUES Chair talks about his love of trade marks, how MARQUES helps brand owners, and his goals for the next two years
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New podcast episode marks World IP Day
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The fourth episode of the Talking MARQUES podcast covers IP and SMEs, and features Susie Harris, Plum Guide, and Arthur Artinian, K&L Gates LLP
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Forthcoming online events
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MARQUES is hosting more educational events online, including a Coexistence Agreement Workshop and Corporate Focus Group meeting
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How to act against counterfeiting
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The Anti-Counterfeiting and Parallel Trade Team has published a new paper with practical recommendations for brand owners and legal practitioners
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New articles on trade names
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Trade mark strategy in Africa
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The Unfair Competition Team's project on the protection of company names, trade names and other business identifiers continues to develop, with new reports on Russia and Spain
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 Simonne Moodie of the Brands and Marketing Team has published a paper titled "Demystifying Africa: Considerations for a Trade Mark Filing Strategy in Africa"
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Belarus joins the Hague System
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 WIPO announced that the government of Belarus deposited its instrument of accession to the 1999 Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement on 19 April
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Latest news from EUIPO
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 MARQUES rounds up the latest developments at EUIPO, including the next window for SME applications, the publication of CP11 and CP12, the launch of blockchain for TMview and DesignView, and May's webinar programme
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The third window for applications to the Ideas Powered for Business SME Fund is open from 1 to 31 May. SMEs can be reimbursed up to €1500 for IP pre-diagnostic services and/or trade mark applications. More information is available here. CP11 Common Practice on New types of marks: Examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal was published on 14 April. It delivers a set of general principles and examples on the examination of formal requirements and grounds for refusal and/or invalidity regarding sound, motion, multimedia and hologram marks and the new ways of representing them. CP12 Common Practice/Recommendations on Evidence in trade mark appeal proceedings has also been published. It focuses on delivering a set of recommendations in relation to evidence, in particular, its types, means, sources and identification of relevant dates, as well as its structure and presentation, and the treatment of confidential evidence. Read more here. The EUIPO has launched the first European blockchain platform to better serve public IP institutions and their clients. TMview and DesignView now use blockchain to bring super-fast, reliable, and secure delivery of IP rights information. The 'genesis block' of the blockchain was created at 08.10 CET on 17 April 2021. At that moment, the EUIPO connected to TMview and DesignView via the blockchain to deliver trade mark and design data in real time. Find out more and watch an explanatory video on EUIPO's website. The EUIPO Academy has published details of five webinars to be held on Tuesdays during May. They include: "Register and fees options – the great unknown" and "Proof of reputation: what evidence to submit and how to structure it". Details of dates and times are available here.
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MONOPOLY ruling and other EU General Court decisions
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HouseMARQUES presents a selection of trade mark and design judgments from the EU General Court during the past month
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Halloumi registered as PDO
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On 12 April, the European Commission registered Χαλλούμι/Halloumi/Hellim as a protected designation of origin (PDO)
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35th Annual Conference
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MARQUES Media Roundup
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 As noted in last month's issue of HouseMARQUES, this year's Annual Conference will be held as a hybrid event from 14 to 17 September in The Hague
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 Keep up to date with the latest news from MARQUES, as well as updates from EUIPO, WIPO and other offices and details of the latest cases on the MARQUES social media channels
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Issue 124
