David Tatham (
UK
)
1994-1996
My period as President of ECTA
coincided with the realisation of a dream and the
culmination of many years of effort and discussion,
namely the commencement of the Community Trade Mark
system. I was proud to represent ECTA at the opening
of the Office in
Alicante
, and it gave me particular pleasure to present the
new President, Jean-Claude Combaldieu, with a framed
original copper engraving of a 1695 map of Europe,
which clearly shows
Alicante
. It still hangs in the office of the President.
However prior to that, and thanks to the initiative
of our Executive Secretary Claude Sautory, I met Mr.
Combaldieu at his office in
Paris
only a matter of weeks after his appointment had
been announced. He often refers to the fact that his
first official visitors were from ECTA.
During my Presidency, the European
Community was enlarged by the addition of 3 new
Member States (
Austria
,
Denmark
and
Finland
) and it fell to me to invite and subsequently
appoint 6 new Council members from these countries.
Some other highlights of my term as
President included :
- A
thoroughgoing review of ‘The Future Role of
ECTA’, following the start of the Community
Trade
Mark system.
-
The
creation of the ECTA Link Sub-Committee.
- Publication
of the ECTA Law Book containing the texts of the
Regulation, the Directive, the informal Council
Minutes, and the TRIPS Agreement.
- The
registration of ECTA as Community Trade Mark No. 2.
-
The
move of the ECTA Office to
Antwerp
.
-
A
booth to promote ECTA at the IN TA Annual Meeting in
Seattle
in 1994.
- The
start of the ECTA Flash.
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