Greentech, raising the bar and traditional knowledge: What’s on this week

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Greentech, raising the bar and traditional knowledge: What’s on this week

Managing IP lists the IP-related events and meetings taking place this week

Monday July 9

Start of WIPO’s Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore : Twenty-Second Session, in Geneva (until Friday).

Tuesday July 10

The China Greentech Report 2012: Accelerating Commercial Success, hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Beijing.

The Fair Basis and Sufficiency Raising the Bar Reforms, hosted by the IP Research Institute of Australia in Adelaide.

General Court of the CJEU rules in Clorox v OHMI - Industrias Alen (CLORALEX).

Wednesday July 11

General Court of the CJEU rules in Laboratoire Garnier v OHMI (natural beauty)

Thursday July 12

The Fair Basis and Sufficiency Raising the Bar Reforms, hosted by the IP Research Institute of Australia in Perth.

Court of Justice of the EU issues an opinion in Brookfield New Zealand and Elaris v OCVV and Schniga, relating to plant variety rights.

Court of Justice of the EU rules in Smart Technologies v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market.

The General Court of the CJEU rules in Aiello v OHMI - Cantoni ITC (100% Capri); Winzer Pharma v OHMI - Alcon (BAÑOFTAL); medi v OHMI (medi); Leifheit v OHMI - Vermop Salmon (Twist System); Pharmazeutische Fabrik Evers v OHMI - Ozone Laboratories Pharma (HYPOCHOL); Vermop Salmon v OHMI - Leifheit (Clean Twist); Rivella International v OHMI - Baskaya di Baskaya Alim (BASKAYA); Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston v OHMI (forme d'une bouteille); Hand Held Products v OHMI - Orange Brand Services (DOLPHIN); and Guccio Gucci v OHMI - Chang Qing Qing (GUDDY).

Friday July 13

2012 Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Intellectualle (AIPPI) Trilateral Meeting of the Japanese, Korean, and Chinese groups in Hokkaido (to Sunday).

The General Court of the CJEU rules in Caixa Geral de Depósitos v OHMI - Caixa d'Estalvis i Pensions de Barcelona (la Caixa).

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