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26 September 2008

Economic downturn hits trade mark filings

James Nurton, Noordwijk

Community trade mark filing activity has been “a little less flamboyant” this year, according to OHIM President Wubbo de Boer

De Boer told the practitioners attending the MARQUES Annual Conference in Noordwijk last week that the number of CTMs filed in the first half of this year increased by less than 3% compared to the same period last year.




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