More Weekend Kit-Bits

OHIM prize

learns that OHIM is instantly accepting entries for the its Annual Prize Award. This contest is opened upwards to postgraduate students registered inwards the 25 European Union Member U.S. of the European Union, for outstanding run inwards the fields of Community Trade Marks too Designs. Six prizes are to travel awarded, each consisting of a cash amount of 2,500 euros, equally good equally a 5 calendar month traineeship at OHIM for the kickoff ii winners. For farther data contact Mariella Mattera.

recalls that OHIM examiners direct hold been nether pressure level to pass non to a greater extent than than half dozen minutes examining private merchandise grade applications; he wonders how much fourth dimension per entrant volition travel allocated to the competition's judges.


Handbags at dawn

There's a novel too quite appealing conference programme for 27 September: Intellectual Property inwards the Fashion Industry, organised past times CLT, volition travel running at the Hatton Conference Centre, London. Details are either unavailable or can't travel constitute on CLT's website, simply an attractive leaflet lists the topics too speakers on the day.

Speakers include

* John Sykes (Lupton Fawcett) on fashion too pattern rights;

* Aaron Wood (Davenport Lyons) on strategies for dealing amongst the unwanted consumer (i.e. the soul who buys/wears your production too makes them darn good unfashionable ...);

* Peter Langley (Origin) on the intriguing possibility of protecting the ethos that a fashion construct enjoys and

* Slaughter too May's Dominic Dryden considers strategies for keeping out-of-fashion garments out of the marketplace.

IPKat co-blogmeister Jeremy is inwards the chair too volition likewise travel running a workshop session. You tin give notice contact him here if y'all ask farther details.