ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association

2011

November

• Letter to Commissioner Dalli’s Cabinet following meeting of 22 September 2011

October

• ECTA Letter to Ms. Kerstin Jorna regarding ECTA’s Visit with DG Markt on 22 September - 12 October 2011
  

• ECTA Thank you letter to OHIM President - 12 October 2011
  OHIM President letter can be found on the Working Documents section
  

• ECTA letter to OHIM President re Convergence Programme - 11 October 2011

September

• Minutes of the meeting with Commissioner Barnier’s Cabinet of 22 September 2011
  

• Minutes of the meeting with Commissioner Dalli’s Cabinet of 22 September 2011
  

• Minutes of the meeting with DG TRADE of 22 September 2011

July

• ECTA report on the 9th session of WIPO Working Group on the legal development of the Madrid System for IR of marks, 4-8 July 2011

• ECTA letter to OHIM President re Convergence Programme
  Copies of surveys mentioned can be found at Harmonization Committee / Papers section

May

• Study - Hearing of users’ organizations / Revision of the trade mark system in Europe - Brussels - 26 May 2011
  - Minutes of Meeting
  Agenda and invitation can be found at Working Documents

• ECTA’s Preliminary Comments on the MPI proposals included in its Study on the Overall Functioning of the European Trade Mark System 6 May

April

• ECTA Minutes of the Meeting - ECTA - WIPO, 8 April 2011, Geneva

• ECTA Minutes of the Meeting with DG MARKT of 1 April following publication of the Max Planck Institute’s report re the study on the overall functioning of the trade mark system in Europe

March

• ECTA’s Response to DG SANCO’s Consultation on the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution as a means to Resolve Disputes Related to Commercial Transactions and Practices in the European Union - 14 March 2011

January

• Position Paper - Designation of goods and services in the CTM and in National and International trade marks designating Member States in the European Union
  Use and scope of class headings of the International classification of the Nice agreement
  
  - Annex I - ECTA – Harmonization Committee Survey Oct 2010 – Class Headings 3