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GAZETTE No 55 - Autumn 2007

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

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 117

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