MARQUES
“ WE HAVE THE BIG SEPTEMBER CONFERENCE, BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERESTING WINTER MEETING, IN FEBRUARY, WHERE THE TEAMS COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR ON THEIR DIFFERENT AREAS. THEN THERE ARE LOCAL CONFERENCES, IN SAY ITALY AND GERMANY.”
classification has been an issue. We are very much involved in the ICAAN discussion, the danger of enlargement of top level domains, and all the discussions about sunrise periods and so on. As an amicus curia, we have focused on the Nokia case, which is a very burning issue for enforcement. On the Onel issue, we were involved and engaged. Ten there’s the China team—many things going on there. We’ve been talking to OHIM and WIPO. We met with Francis Gurry [director general of WIPO] in April with a delegation from Marques, including myself.
As chairman of council, what is your role in promoting the work of the organisation and how is it organised?
We are an organisational body. Te prime decision-maker is the council, which reports annually at the annual general meeting. Te real work is done in the council. We have 35 members—really a good representation of many people and countries. Decisions are prepared and the day-to-day work runs through the executive committee, a smaller body of about six people. Tey also do monthly telephone conferencing on the issues. Ten we have a secretariat and two permanent officers—one is an external relations officer and the other is an internal relations
officer. Te internal relations officer focuses on organisational issues, management issues and the teams’ work, including making sure that if a team wants to publicise anything, it goes on the website. Ten the external relations officer is the main contact for WIPO and other NGOs.
What are your aspirations for the Marques conference in Berlin?
I’m very excited, because we are tackling this issue of a brave new world—the technological area. We are embarking upon this because the Internet is really the first invention of human kind that is absolutely international. Many people have not realised that the Internet does not just provide opportunities, but also carries many, many risks. Tey are hiding away and using the borders that still exist in the real world, which do not exist on the Internet, apart from in terms of language. Everybody has soſtware and hardware, and can use it, but the law is still very much local. Tere, something needs to be done.
How would you solve that problem?
Because it’s truly international, not just European, it must be solved on a global scale. I think WIPO would be the best body to do it, and it must be done by an international treaty.
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