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EDITOR’S NOTE A wider view
Te Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) has come a long way. Today, the Alicante, Spain-based European institution has responsibilities and offers services that go far beyond administering the Community Trademark system. Initiatives such as TMview and EuroClass offer users a level of information that would have been impossible without impressive international cooperation and an institutional will to provide useful service. TMview is progressing at a speed that suggests it won’t be long before OHIM offers a global trademark database that is the premier resource for information about trademark registrations.
But in addition to these exciting developments, and that’s without even mentioning OHIM’s new anti- counterfeiting role in Europe, it’s important to remember that the rather more mundane work has to continue. Te Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent decision on the IP Translator case has forced OHIM to reconsider how it approaches the Nice system of classification. In this issue, we speak to OHIM president António Campinos about IP Translator, but also about the myriad other responsibilities and initiatives the office is involved in.
As we go to press, with summer in the UK threatening a late bloom aſter three months of miserable weather, it’s time to reflect on the success of the London Olympic Games. From an IP and ambush marketing perspective, the Games were notable for their seeming lack of serious incident. Leaving aside the (sometimes justified) grumbles about how restrictive the rules on associative marketing were, the organisers and sponsors will no doubt be very pleased at how well their brands were protected. We take a look at the Games and IP, as well as looking back to ambush marketing at the European football championships and forward to future sporting events in Brazil.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Atlantic and beyond, the various battles raging over smartphones, tablets and other high-tech products continue. Playing an ever-more significant role in some of those battles is the US International Trade Commission. We look at the main events of the past year and ask what’s next for an institution that has more work than ever before.
Ahead of the AIPPI conference in Seoul, Korea, in October, we consider the anti-counterfeiting challenges in that region. Te Beseto line runs between Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul—brand owners and enforcement officials face various difficulties in identifying and stopping counterfeit material travelling, mostly from China, to Japan and South Korea. We hear about how those countries are working together to tackle the scourge.
Along with that, we have a focus on India, our extensive news section, movers & shakers and jurisdiction reports. If you have any comments, perhaps I’ll see you in Seoul.
Peter Scott Editor
EDITORIAL PANEL
Stefan Abel, partner, Bardehle Pagenberg
Roberto Arochi, partner, Arochi Marroquín & Lindner SC
Roberto Barchiesi, president, International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition
Colin Davies, director, Intellectual Property Law Unit, University of Glamorgan
Ronald Faggetter, managing partner, Smart & Biggar/ Fetherstonhaugh
Maurice Gonsalves, partner, Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Richard Gough, partner, Baker & McKenzie
Lewis Gould, partner, Duane Morris LLP
Chris McLeod, director of trademarks, Squire Sanders Hammonds
Jacqueline Needle, partner, Beck Greener
Sergio Olivares, partner, Olivares & Cia
John Pegram, senior principal, Fish and Richardson PC
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Rebecca L. Roby, senior director of business affairs, Hard Rock International
Pier Luigi Roncaglia, partner, Studio Legale SIB
Mario Soerensen Garcia, founder and managing partner, Soerensen Garcia Advogados Associados
Paul J. Sutton, co-founding partner, Sutton Magidoff LLP
Stephen Yang, partner, Peksung Intellectual Property
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