GAZETTE No 55 - Autumn 2007

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CONTENTS:

  • Obituary – Jean Charrière

By Claude Sautory and Keith Havelock

  • Obituary – Robert Freitag

By Mireia Curell, João Pereira da Cruz and Luis-Alfonso Durán

Round Table in the United Kingdom

“Relative Grounds of Refusal – all change in the UK”

• Introduction

by Keith Havelock

• The Changes to the UK’s Examination Arrangements

by Michael Knight

• A UK Trade Mark Practitioner’s Viewpoint

by Jeremy Pennant

• Survey

by Mireia Curell

Round Table in Belgium

“New Weapons in the Fight Against Counterfeiting in the Heart of Europe”

I. What’s new in relation to border measures and criminal law in Belgium?

by Frédérique Hostier, Marius Schneider, Olivier Vrins

II. Can right-holders count on market inspections?

1. Sharing of Competence: the Role of the Police, the Customs and the Market Inspectors.

by Annick Mottet Haugaard

2. The Role of the Federal Public Service (for the) Economy in the fight against counterfeiting.

by Anne Slivko

Domain Names

• Special Characters in Sunrise Periods

by Massimo Cimoli

Surveys

• Survey on the Calculation of the Starting Date for the Five Years Use Requirement

• Trade Mark Issues related to Geographic Designations

GAZETTE No 54 -Spring 2007

GAZETTE No 54 -Spring 2007

CONTENTS:

  • UK Trade Mark Oppositions: Special Effects is reversed

By Christy Rogers

  • The Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol

Should the Safeguard Clause (Article 9sexies of the Protocol) be Maintained?

By Florent Gevers and Dr. Alexander von Mühlendahl, J.D., LL.M.

Round Table Prague October 2006

  • Czech Law on Unfair Competition & Trade Marks ADR proceedings Regarding Domain-squatting

By Vlastislav Kusák

  • Trade Marks – Unfair Competition and its relationship.

By Helena Lejtnarová

  • Registered Community Designs (RCD) Review of invalidity decisions in 2006

By Pedro Rodinger

Round Table Weil am Rhein March 2007

  • Community Design and National Design Laws – Is Design Law Losing or Finding its True Roots?

By Karl-Nikolaus Peifer

  • Design Protection in Switzerland

By Michael Ritscher

  • The Community Design in particular relation to Austria

By Rainer Schultes

  • The Relation of design protection and three-dimensional trade marks

By Ekkehard Stolz

  • The Community Design System – The Latest Developments in Examination and Invalidity Procedure

By Eva Vyoralová

  • Implementation of Directive 98/71/EC and its impact on French Design Law

By Julie Schouman

  • Seizure of Counterfeit Products in the US and the EU- A Comparative Study

By James L. Bikoff, David K. Heasley and Daniel S. van Binsbergen