ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association

2010

December

• ECTA Position Paper on Directorate General for Health and Consumers’ proposal to revise the Tobacco Products Directive 2001/37/EC by introducing plain packaging in the EU

• Comments of MARQUES and ECTA on Measures to Protect IP in the new gTLDS

November

• Comments on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) Final Text of November 2010 Subject to Legal Review

• ACTA Joint statement

October

• ECTA Proposal for Changes to EU Legislation on Travellers’ Personal Allowance
• ECTA Position Paper Reflection on Goods in Transit Infringing a Trade Mark
• ECTA Comments about ICANN Study on Privacy Proxy Studies - 28 Oct 2010
• Finalising the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) ECTA Comments - 25 October 2010
• ECTA Position Paper OHIM Database Comparison G&S - 21 October 2010

July

• Comments of MARQUES - ECTA on New gTLDs Programme - Draft Applicant Guidebook, Version 4 and Explanatory Memoranda
• WIPO Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for International Registration of Marks
• ECTA’s comments in connection with the meeting of the User Organisations on 8-9 June 2010 on the Study on the functioning of the European Trade Mark System

June

• ECTA’s additional comments further to the Questionnaire of the Permanent Delegation of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the EU to the EU Court of Justice and the EU General Court regarding the judicial architecture of the EU Courts for trade mark cases
• ECTA comments on OHIM’s note of February 2010 on suspensions and extensions of time in opposition proceedings
• MARQUES and ECTA’s concerns on ICANN issues

May

• ECTA’s response to the Consultation Paper on the Review of EU Legislation on Customs Enforcement of IPRs
• Draft Council conclusions of the Spanish Presidency in connection with the study on the functioning of the European trade mark systems - joint statement of the 5 NGOs

April

• ECTA comments on OHIM proposal on how to deal with the Office’s surplus
• ICANN - ECTA-MARQUES SUBMISSION Uniform Rapid Suspension
• ICANN - ECTA-MARQUES SUBMISSION Trademark Clearinghouse
• ICANN - ECTA-MARQUES SUBMISSION Post Delegation Dispute Resolution Process
• ICANN - ECTA-MARQUES SUBMISSION Proposed Framework for the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Plan and Budget

March

• ECTA’s proposal to OHIM Cooperation Fund for field 3, information services
• OHIM Cooperation Fund - Proposal for field 4, enforcement activities: A Tool for electronic exchange of data between OHIM, NPTOs, IP Enforcement Authorities and right holders - AIM - BUSINESSEUROPE - ECTA - INTA

February

• ECTA’s comments on GIs sent to DG AGRI, DG MARKT & OHIM
• ECTA’s reply to the Questionnaire on TM functioning in the EU for the Max Planck Institute

January

• Questions and answers to WIPO survey on the Lisbon System

• ICANN- ECTA and MARQUES’s comments on STI Recommendations

• ICANN- ECTA and MARQUES’s comments on Expressions of Interest
• ECTA’s comments to Max Planck Institute in connection with their letter of 17 November 2009 – Study on the functioning of the European Trade Mark System
  - Annex A - List of ECTA Surveys
  - Annex B - Survey - Trade Mark Use in Opposition/Cancellation Proceedings in the European Community
  - Annex C - Survey - Trade Mark Issues related to Non-EU States and Regions
  - Annex D - Survey - Calculation of the Starting Date for the 5 Years Use Requirement
  - Annex E - Survey - Trade Mark Issues related to Geographic Designations
  - Annex F - Survey - Priority of the Conversion (Converted Marks) in the New Member States
  - Annex G - Survey - Conversion Issue relating to Seniority of a Cancelled National Trade Mark
  - Annex H - Survey - A Likelihood of Confusion of TMs consisting of a Person’s Name
  - Annex I - Survey - Registrable Transactions
  - Annex J - Survey - The Pronunciation of a Trade Mark and how this affects the Assessment of Similarity of marks by the NPTOs
  - Annex K - Survey - Question whether use of a TM in a form slightly deviating from registered form supports the Reg. if used deviating form is registered on its own
  - Annex L - Survey - Monetary Compensation for TM Infringement - as applied in the Courts of the European Union
  - Annex M - Benelux Round Table The Community Trade Mark and the National Trade Marks - Are they in Harmony? The Benelux point of view

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