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Fight over Big Apple

Apple Inc has challenged NYC & Company Inc’s trade mark application for the “Big Apple” logo, which morphs the symbol for infinity with the outline of an apple, a stem and a single leaf and is used to promote energy efficiency and recycling as part of New york’s GreeNYC program. According to Apple, the big Apple Logo is confusingly similar to its Apple logo and will cause dilution of the distinctiveness of the Apple trade mark. However, New York claims that it is using a logo that plays off its Big Apple nickname and has asked the Trademark Office to reject Apple’s challenge and cancel one of Apple’s logos on the groudn that it was acquired through fraud and is not being used for its intended purpose.


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Senior Trade Mark Officials’ Forum

The Forum is designed specifically for senior trade marks officials and other government stakeholders. The event provides a unique opportunity for officials to share ideas, learn from each other and jointly consider options for dealing with present and future challenges facing trade marks offices.

Session topics include:

* Trademark Challenges for SME’s
* Opposition - Different Approaches
* Strategies for Meeting Demand
* Perspectives on the Future

The following speakers have been confirmed as attending:

* Juan Ramón Rubio (OHIM)
* Liew Woon Yin (IPOS)
* Nancy Omelko (USPTO)
* Lynne G. Beresford (USPTO)
* Solrun Dolva (Norwegian Patent Office)
* Debbie Rønning (Norwegian Patent Office)
* Jesper Kongstad (Danish Patent and Trademark Office)
* Kristine Riskær (Danish Patent and Trademark Office)
* Lisa A. Power (CIPO)
* Stephen Selby (Intellectual Property Department, Hong Kong)
* Puangrat Asavapisit (Department of Intellectual Property, Thailand)
* Rachel Dawson (Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ)) Assistant Commissioner of Trade Marks
* António Campinos (Portuguese Patent and Trademark Office –INPI)
* AN Qingu (Trademark Office – State Administration for Industry and Commerce (CTMO))
* Ernesto Rubio (WIPO)
* Jorge de Paula Costa Avila – National Institute of Industrial Propery – Brazil
* Yuichiro Takenami - Japan Patent Office

Senior Trade Mark Officials’ Forum


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