ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association

2011

December

• Letter to OHIM President re accessibility to examiners - 13 December 2011

October

• OHIM Cooperation Fund - Reports on kick-off meetings at OHIM:
  - CF 125 Harmonizing and sharing Quality Standards, Cristina Bercial, Secretary of the ECTA Law Committee
  - CF 129 Common tool on similarity of goods and services, Cristina Bercial, Secretary of the ECTA Law Committee
  - CF 321 Common call centre, Imogen Wiseman, Member of the ECTA Law Committee
  - CF 423 Harmonised counterfeiting data collection standard, Marius Schneider, Chair of the ECTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee

• 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

July

• 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

• OHIM Administrative Board Meeting of 2 May
  - Report of the meeting

The official documents of this meeting can be found on the Working Documents section

• OHIM Administrative Board and Budget Committee Joint Meeting of 3 May
  - Report of the meeting

The official documents of this meeting can be found on the Working Documents section

• OHIM Budget Committee Meeting of 4 May
  - Report of the meeting

The official documents of this meeting can be found on the Working Documents section

April

• OAMI Users’ Group, 18th meeting of 15 April
  - ECTA minutes

• 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

February

• Reply of 17 February to OHIM President’s letter of 7 February 2011 - OHIM President’s letter of 7 February to Users’ Associations – Input for his Strategic Plan

• Meeting with OHIM of 7 February 2011
  - Agenda
  - Topic 1: Position Paper on LC Class Headings - 28 January 2011 - Annex 1 : Survey Harmonization Committee Class Headings
  - Topic 2: Cluttering CTM Register
  - Topic 3: CTMs Receving Unduly wide Scope of Protection
  - Topic 4: New Format OHIM Decisions
  - Topic 5: Suggestions of Tasks for the European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy
  - Minutes of the Meeting

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