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Concerning Trademark Licenses" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/marks/845/pub845.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Joint Recommendation Concerning Provisions on the Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet" border="0"/></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="col col--three"> <h3>Reference documents</h3> <ul class="dot__list"> <li>Trademark Law and Practice – Summary of replies to questionnaire <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_1_rev_1.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Summary of Replies to the Questionnaire on Trademark Law and Practice, Rev. 1" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Industrial Design Law and Practice – Summary of replies to questionnaire <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_2_rev_2.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Summary of Replies to the Questionnaires (Parts I and II) on Industrial Design Law and Practice, Rev. 2" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Representation of Non-Traditional Marks – Areas of Convergence <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_3.pdf"> <img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Representation of Non-Traditional Marks - Areas of Convergence" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Trademark Opposition Procedures – Areas of Convergence <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_4.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Trademark Opposition Procedures – Areas of Convergence" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Grounds for Refusal of all Types of Marks <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_5.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Grounds for Refusal of all Types of Marks" border="0"/></a></li> <li>Technical and Procedural Aspects Relating to the Registration of Certification and Collective Marks <a href="/web/20180723044338/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/sct/en/meetings/pdf/wipo_strad_inf_6.pdf"><img src="/web/20180723044338im_/http://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/shared/images/icon/new/pdf.gif" alt="PDF, Technical and Procedural Aspects Relating to the Registration of Certification and Collective Marks" border="0"/></a></li> <li>The Protection of Country Names 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