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Programme Management Basics Intermediate Popular
This course aims to help Project and Programme Managers understand some of the benefits and obstacles when implementing a meaningful programme approach.
Webinar: Application for Action – What’s the attraction? (Basic level) Basic
The rights holders who are facing the problem of counterfeiting of their products may ask for customs border measures. The proper way of doing so is submitting a request to customs authorities using the form provided by the legislation – the form called Application for Action. Understanding the purpose of the form, the data set required and the reason behind it will help the rights holders to pr...
Webinar: Recent case law on PGIs 2018 (Advanced level) Advanced
The webinar will present the ECJ/GC judgments and BOAs decisions in the area of geographical indications-trademarks rendered in 2018. Speaker: Óscar Mondéjar - EUIPO - International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department (ICLAD)
Webinar: Proving legal standing in proceedings before the EUIPO (Advanced level) (with certificate) Advanced
In this webinar, you will find out what legal standing is it is and how it can be proven in proceedings before the EUIPO. The webinar will present scenarios and real example to highlight how legal standing can be affected and the consequences of it. Speaker: Vanessa Page - EUIPO - Operations Department (OD)
New types of trade marks: what has been their reception by the Office and the Boards of Appeal? Advanced
One of the most important aspects brought by the legislative reform of the EUTM is the deletion of the graphical representation requirement. This has a direct and important impact on the so-called non-traditional trade marks, which have now new ways to be represented in a clearer, more precise and easier way. Virginia Melgar’s presentation will guide us through the many examples of new types of ...
Can a taste be protected by copyright? Advanced
In its recent decision in Levola Hengelo, C-310/17, the Court of Justice of the European Union answered the question whether the taste of a cheese may be regarded as a copyright work in the negative. The ruling seemingly closed the door to sensory copyright, that is protection vesting in subject matter that may be perceived through senses other than sight and hearing. Yet, the reasoning of the...
Webinar: Pictograms Advanced
Pictograms became a common part of modern communication. They are seen every day everywhere, in particular as icons on mobile phones or computers. The webinar gives an overview about the registrability of such pictograms. Speaker: Antje SÖDER - EUIPO - International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department (ICLAD)
Webinar: Richiesta on-line di consultazione del registro e legalizzazione di copie certificate Intermediate
Promemoria su come richiedere on-line delle copie del registro relative a marchi e disegni, semplici o certificate (copie di certificati, di domande di deposito o di altri documenti presenti del registro) seguito da una spiegazione su come procedere nel caso in cui i documenti in questione necessitino una legalizzazione per essere presentati per procedure in paesi fuori Unione Europea. Speaker:&nb...
IP Seminar on Absolute Grounds “Revisiting the basics: what is distinctive character” Intermediate
This IP Seminar on Absolute Grounds will have a view towards the cultural significance of Trademarks and Designs by addressing both the legal and psychological aspects of the current law.The Seminar will be of both a basic and intermediate level, and will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation available in French and Spanish. The objective of the IP Seminars is to provide training an...
Too short to be a trade mark or does a single letter say it all? Advanced Popular
This webinar details the recent developments in EU case law and implications for scope of protection and registrability of single letter signs. Speaker: Iza Junkar - Hogan Lovells, Alicante - Senior Associate
The Protection of Non-Traditional Trademarks: Critical Perspectives Advanced
During the last decades, non-traditional marks have found their way into trademark registers worldwide and discussion over their protection has become more mainstream. In this presentation, Professors Calboli and Senftleben will discuss how the law and practice has evolved with regard to these marks and how trademark offices and courts have addressed the wide variety of issues – ranging from leg...
EU Certification marks: Lessons learned from examination of first applications Advanced
As of 1st October 2017, certification marks are available for the first time at EU level as a new kind of EU trade mark. This webinar provides an overview of the new certification mark legal scheme in the EU, focusing on the specific legal and procedural issues related to EU certification marks and the lessons learned since its implementation. Speaker: María Luisa ARANDA SALES - EUIPO -...
Decisions of the Trimester of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal 2019 Advanced
An overview of the most relevant decisions of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal from each trimester. Speakers: Cinzia NEGRO - Boards of AppealAlexandra KUSTUROVIC - Boards of Appeal
Guided tour through the Pan-European Seal programme and the e-learning catalogue Basic
This webinar will provide you with information about the Pan-European Seal programme and the selection process of the edition 2019-2020.
EUIPO IP Regional Seminar - The Hague / Benelux Intermediate
The EUIPO Regional Seminar in The Hague, from 3 to 5 April 2019, is organised in collaboration with the BENELUX Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP). The objective of the regional seminar is to provide a platform for knowledge sharing on specific IP issues for staff of National Offices and representatives of User Associations.
The significance of the ‘Socialistic Brands’ within the Trade Mark System Advanced
Socialistic brand’s powerful emotional bond with the consumers of post-socialist countries is based on a highly complex relation to the particularities of socialism. It can be attributed to feelings of nostalgia, national sentiment, and status of the purchaser or longing for a past that offers a national identity that has since changed. All of this translates into a high differential value of so...
The Impossible Slogan or How to Kill a Slogan? Advanced
“Yes we can”®, but do “we make it happen”® ? Slogans are part of our daily life. What are the criteria to register them? “Think different”®. “Have a break”®, “I´m lovin´it”®. Speaker: Christoph BARTOS - EUIPO - Boards of Appeal
Money Laundering and Copyright Piracy Intermediate Popular
Copyright piracy has progressively become a very lucrative criminal activity. Investigations highlighted the main business models used for profit making purposes as well as the different ways in which criminals offer copyright infringing material over the Internet. As a result, a significant stream of new case law in Europe developed in Europe, dealing with interesting elements of the online infri...
