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MARQUES Annual Meeting

August 2023

The MARQUES Annual Meeting will be held in Berlin on the 19th-22nd September 2023.

The MARQUES Annual Meeting conferences will discuss how diversity and the cultural environment will affect brand authenticity. There will be many different topics discussed such as Piloting Brands, new rules for E-commerce and AI and many more.

There will be panels from WIPO discussing the different challenges faced by Members States and General Court case law and international design protection strategies.

There will also be a workshops to attend on the Thursday afternoon.

HGF Trade Mark Director, Claire Jones and Partner and Trade Mark Attorney, Richard Wylie will be attending the event.

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