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1 LAW
1.1 Anti-counterfeiting

ACTA, EU Customs Action Plan to combat IPR infringements,Conference on "Enforcement of intellectual property rights: The review of Directive 2004/48/EC”

1.2 Trade Marks

European Sister Organisations Joint Statement 23 April 2012 - Objection to the adoption of restrictive legislation or policy options frequently referred to as “generic” or “plain packaging”, Greece - Report on the new Trade Mark Legislation, UK- New secondary trade mark legislation effective from October 2012,

1.3 Domain Names

ICANN - TAS Interruption

1.4 Geographical Indications

New study relating to the economic potential of non-agricultural geographical indications launched by the European Commission on 23 April 2012, Applications for products published on 4 April 2012 in the Official Journal of the European Union, Proposal of the Agreement between EU and Republic of Moldova on the protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs

2 OFFICE PRACTICE
2.1 OHIM

OAMI Users’ Group Meeting- 17 April 2012, OHIM Administrative Board and Budget Committee Meetings - 24 and 25 April 2012, OHIM Alicante- Publication of the Refused Designs

2.2 WIPO

WIPO Director General ‘s Meeting with NGOs - 19 April, WIPO – World IP Day - 26 April 2012, User Survey on Industrial Design Registration Procedures,

2.3 National Office Practices

Latvia and Finland join TMView

3 CASE LAW

GENERAL COURT Case T-328/11 of 24 April 2012, Leifheit AG vs. OHIM The trade mark is descriptive, Case T-326/11 of 25 April 2012, Brainlab AG vs. OHIM Restitutio in integrum, Case T-420/10 of 27 March 2012, Giorgio Armani SpA vs. OHIM – Annunziata Del Prete Assessment of the likelihood of confusion.

4 ECTA NEWS

7th Liaison Meeting on Trade Marks between the Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market and Experts from National Offices, NGO’s meeting during INTA Conference- May 2012, WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical indications, 27th session, 17-21 September, Geneva, Switzerland

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ECTA, the European Communities Trade Mark Association, was formed in 1980.

ECTA numbers approximately 1.400 members, coming from all the Member States of the European Union with associate members from all over the world. It brings together all those persons practising professionally in the Member States of the European Community in the field of trade marks, designs and related IP matters. These professionals are lawyers, trade mark advisors, trade mark attorneys, in-house counsel and others who can be considered specialist practitioners in these areas.

ECTA’s secretariat is located at Rue des Colonies 18/24, 1000 Brussels (tel: +32 2 513 5285).