NEWSLETTER
NO. 48 - October 2003.
CONTENTS:
ECTA
on Exhibition at INTA Amsterdam
By Keith Havelock
Survey
Professional Representation in the European Member States and
Candidate Countries; A survey conducted by the ECTA Professional Affairs
Committee
By Mireia Curell and Eva Fiammenghi
Position
Papers
Memorandum to Mr Erik Nooteboom
Head of Unit, Internal Market DG, Industrial Property, European
Commission.
Re: Observations on the proposed amendment of Regulation (EC) No. 40/94 on
the Community trade mark: Articles 130 and 131 concerning the Boards of
Appeal
Dated 4 July 2003
Summary-comments
on the proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the
Council on Measures and Procedures to ensure Enforcement of Intellectual
Property Rights - Com (2003) 46 Final of 30 January 2003 - and
Position taken by ECTA in relation tot he Proposal, as agreed at the
Council Meeting of 12 June 2003
By Luis H. de Larramendi and Ignacio D. Rivera Elzaburu
Report
Standing Committee on the Laws of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and
Geographical Indications
By Dietrich C. Ohlgart
The
Implementation of Directive 98/71 on the Legal Protection of Designs in
National Law
Finland By Ari-Pekka Launne
Ireland By Shane Smyth
New
European Legislation
European Council adopts new Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003 of 22 July 2003
concerning Customs Measures to combat counterfeiting and piracy at the
external borders of the European Union
By Ignacio D. Rivera Elzaburu
European
Case Law
3D Shape Marks and Public Interest. The Boundary between Functional and
Aesthetic Design. Stormy Weather ahead for Design Products?
By Menno J. Heerma van Vos
United
States
Madrid Protocol: The U.S. Perspective
By Paul Fields and Karin Segall
