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Welcome to the European trade mark

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After five years of consultation and preparation, Europe has a set of final proposals to modernise its trade mark system. They have been welcomed as clear and sensible, but the issues are so wide-ranging that some changes will inevitably cause problems. James Nurton and Simon Crompton

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