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Book now for the Annual Conference in Vienna!
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Registration for the 29th MARQUES Annual Conference, to be held in Vienna from 15th to 18th September, is now open. The Early Bird rate is available until Friday 3rd July.
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MARQUES plays its part in revision of Lisbon Agreement
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Members of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications took part in a Diplomatic Conference in Geneva last month. MARQUES was represented throughout the negotiations by members of the GI Team.
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Learn about arbitration in Singapore
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MARQUES will host a meeting on protecting trade marks with arbitration and domain name UDRP as part of IP Week in Singapore in August.
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Revisions to the Nice Classification
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 The Committee of Experts of the Nice Union has accepted changes to the Nice Classification proposed by OHIM and prepared by the CP1 Working Group. MARQUES was one of two users associations that took part in this Working Group.
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TTAB rulings may be binding on federal courts – US Supreme Court
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Brand owners may now need to put more effort in to US oppositions and cancellations or risk being bound later in infringement suit, as Janet Satterthwaite explains.
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Madrid System seminar coming up in Geneva
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WIPO updates Madrid website
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 WIPO is hosting a Madrid System Seminar at its headquarters in Geneva on 18th and 19th June.
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 The Madrid System website was updated in May, as part of a longer term project to ensure it meets the information and transactional requirements of users.
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Mark your calendars
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Media Roundup
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In addition to the Annual Conference, there are MARQUES events lined up this year in Dublin, Zurich, Singapore and The Hague.
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Community design law research, a new CJEU referral from the Benelux and PUMA v POODLE in Germany were among the topics being discussed on the MARQUES blogs this month.
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Empirical research study on Community design law It seems to be common ground that whether two designs produce the same or a different overall impression is a question of facts basically to be decided by the trial judge. Nonetheless, European courts do not appear to accept survey or expert evidence but rather rely on the judge’s own aesthetic perception when comparing two designs (both validity and infringement). Read more: http://www.marques.org/class99/Default.asp?XID=BHA649 Montis Design case referred to CJEU 
A new design case has been referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling. It's Case C-169/15 Montis Design, and it's a reference regarding the application of the Uniform Benelux Law on designs and models (the old BTMW). Read more: http://www.marques.org/class99/Default.asp?XID=BHA655 PUMA vs "POODLE" - German Supreme Court reviews parody rights  
Earlier this month, the German Federal Supreme Court (BGH) decided that the constitutional rights of free speech and artistic expression only go so far. The judges ordered the defendant to consent to the cancellation of his trademark registration "PUDEL". "Pudel" means "poodle" in German and the registered word-device mark clearly parodied the claimant's well-known "PUMA" mark: Read more: http://www.marques.org/class46/Default.asp?XID=BHA4093 Don’t forget: you can keep up to date with all the latest news and analysis from MARQUES on the Facebook page, on LinkedIn and on Twitter.
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Survey on Madrid System Dependency Principle
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The deadline for completing WIPO’s Survey on the Madrid System Dependency Principle has been extended to 7th June.
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Issue 053
