1.1. ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL (Art. 7) (Alicante).

This consists of a collection of OHIM's decisions rejecting Community Trade Marks on absolute grounds at different instances, that is to say the Examinations Division, Appeal Courts and Annulments Division, as well as the European Court of Justice. Furthermore, it consists of decisions from said bodies changing or confirming decisions taken by the Examinations Division on said grounds. This Conference was held during the 3rd International Trade Mark Conference, organised by FORUM MANAGEMENT in Alicante on 26th October 2000.

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1.2. PARALLEL IMPORTATIONS (Buenos Aires).

This consists of a summary of the situation of parallel imports with respect to Industrial Property in the European Economic Arena. This Conference was held during the XIX International Congress of the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) in Buenos Aires. 23.10.2000.

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1.3. THE "RETURN" OF THE COMMUNITY PATENT?.

The author analyses the fundamental aspects of the proposal of starting up the Community Patent, while at the same time examining the Commission's reasons for promoting this initiative. Seminar organised by CNCPI in Paris, 14.09.2000.

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1.4. OHIM : APPEAL CHAMBERS.

This work offers a vision of the current tendency of the OHIM Appeal Chambers with regards to the distinctiveness of Trade Marks together with the risk of confusion. Seminar on Trade Marks in Bucharest, 13.09.2000 .

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1.4. INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES AND TRADE MARKS-THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

Seminar, "The protection of Industrial Property in Europe and the global situation" organised by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), the European Community and the European Patent Office, with the participation of World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Alicante on 29th and 30th May, 2000.