Entre Colunas or "Between Columns" is a Portuguese Masonic magazine edited by the GLRP- Grande Loja Regular de Portugal which explores topics of general interest. Each issue features several full-length articles on Masonic history, as well as substantial Masonic news. The focus is mostly on the Portugal, however Masonic news from around the world is also presented.
Also featured are excellent book reviews. This magazine at once familiarizes us with the Universal Freemasonry as well as provides an ever-wider perspective into various mysteries of Masonic history. The writing is highly accurate and there is usually photography of equal standard.
The magazine Entre Colunas ascribes to the principles of Regular Masonry and remains neutral in terms of politics and religion. The magazine is distributed to over 270 libraries around the world.
This publication soon will be available through an online form on the website.
Carlos Penalva is the magazine's director.
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Also featured are excellent book reviews. This magazine at once familiarizes us with the Universal Freemasonry as well as provides an ever-wider perspective into various mysteries of Masonic history. The writing is highly accurate and there is usually photography of equal standard.
The magazine Entre Colunas ascribes to the principles of Regular Masonry and remains neutral in terms of politics and religion. The magazine is distributed to over 270 libraries around the world.
This publication soon will be available through an online form on the website.
Carlos Penalva is the magazine's director.
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Marianne Benko
Contemporary artist. Creator of abstract paintings and gobelins.
She become well known for her monumantal gobelins in Hungary in 1980.
Later from 1990 she developed a special technic applying bee-wax, textile and organic materials in her paintings crating a special multi-layer artwork. She works on various themes where the focus is mainly on light, and colours.
She lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands and exposes all around Europe.
Biography
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Marianne Benko was born in Szombathely, Hungary.
From 1970 to 1975 she studied
Monumental Painting and Tapestry at
the Academy of Applied Art in Budapest.
Marianne received a master's degree in art in 1977 specializing in designing for public spaces
She taught tapestry art from 1977 to 1980
Since 1984 she lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands
Links:
http://www.mariannebenko.com/
http://www.galerieannee.nl/pages/artist/Benko_Marianne.htm
http://www.brauckmann-art.nl/mos/content/view/10/51/
http://www.galerie-meander.nl/Kunstenaars/mariannebenko.html
http://www.beeldkracht.com/kunstenaars/Marianne_Benko.htm
http://www.galeriedeboog.nl/kunstenaars/63.html
Contemporary artist. Creator of abstract paintings and gobelins.
She become well known for her monumantal gobelins in Hungary in 1980.
Later from 1990 she developed a special technic applying bee-wax, textile and organic materials in her paintings crating a special multi-layer artwork. She works on various themes where the focus is mainly on light, and colours.
She lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands and exposes all around Europe.
Biography
‎
Marianne Benko was born in Szombathely, Hungary.
From 1970 to 1975 she studied
Monumental Painting and Tapestry at
the Academy of Applied Art in Budapest.
Marianne received a master's degree in art in 1977 specializing in designing for public spaces
She taught tapestry art from 1977 to 1980
Since 1984 she lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands
Links:
http://www.mariannebenko.com/
http://www.galerieannee.nl/pages/artist/Benko_Marianne.htm
http://www.brauckmann-art.nl/mos/content/view/10/51/
http://www.galerie-meander.nl/Kunstenaars/mariannebenko.html
http://www.beeldkracht.com/kunstenaars/Marianne_Benko.htm
http://www.galeriedeboog.nl/kunstenaars/63.html
1. Why conducting a search before applying to register a trademark?
Trademark registration gives you a monopoly on a name, for a specific list of goods and services.
A search is not required prior to applying for a trademark. But a search can be particularly useful in determining if your trademark is still available. When you first imagine what trademark you would like to use in the market for your goods or services, you should check it as soon as possible to see if anyone else is using it, and/or has registered it. There's no interest wasting your time with the lengthy registration procedure if someone else has already registered it.
2. Risks not to conduct searches
There are three sorts of risks if you do not perform a thorough trademark search.
* if you file an application and it is rejected because there is an existing trademark that is identical or substantially similar, the Office will keep your application fees (in countries where Offices can ex officio reject your trademark, for example the USPTO .
* third parties owning earlier trademark rights may also file an opposition against your trademark application. If the Office considers that the opposition is justified, i.e. if a likelihood of confusion between the two trademarks is found, your (younger) trademark will b be rejected, and you may have to borne (a part of) the costs of the earlier rights' owner.
* if you infringe someone else's trademark, you could suffer legal consequences: you will have to stop using your trademark and pay whatever it costs to change to a new trademark. You may also be sued for damages for trademark infringement if your use of the trademark actually harmed the original owner's business.
3. Where conducting searches
You can conduct online searches in most of the trademark offices' websites.
For example:
* USA :
* Canada :
* European Union :
* Benelux :
* Germany :
You have however to consult each website and to conduct a search in each of these registers.
Some sites, as for example Eurimark have therefore automated the search stage of the procedure to enable you to detect identical trademarks protected for identical products/services. This search provides you with information regarding registered marks and applications that are currently pending. Should you have been using your trademark for decades and should this trademark be known by your business relations, it is still advisable to try to protect your trademark even if prior identical trademark rights exist. You can either take your chance or contact us to try to build a strategy for trying to limit your risks.
4. What is a Comprehensive (similarity) Trademark Search?
Conducting an additional similarity trademark search may also be recommended. This type of trademark searches provide you with information on a trademark's availability by providing information regarding already existing trademarks, and the status of those trademarks. Depending on where you want to use your mark, you may consider a number of our search options. As these searches can normally not be automated, please contact an Intellectual Property specialist, such as trademark lawyers or attorneys, to obtain additional information.
5. Trademark Search and definitive statement of availability?
Trademark searches can provide you with extensive information regarding other marks that may be registered, and the status of those marks (i.e., registered, pending or abandoned). They however do not provide answers as to whether your trademark will be registrable. At least two factors can explain a rejection, even if you conducted the required search(es).
* the Trademark Office will examine your trademark to determine whether your mark meets the legal requirements to become a registered trademark, such as having a distinctive character or being capable of graphic representation.
* trademark searches do not disclose all trademarks, even if you conducted a similarity search; it is always possible that third parties consider that your trademark application harm their rights, even if their trademark rights have not been disclosed by the search. Finally, it is also possible that owners of identical or similar trademarks may not see your trademark or may decide not to intervene against your trademark application, even if your application theoretically constitutes breaches on their rights. A trademark search will therefore constitute an assessment of the risks linked to your trademark application, but will not constitute a guarantee of registrability or of rejection.
6. How can I determine if a prior trademark may constitute an obstacle?
The main test for determining the similarity between two trademarks is to see if your proposed trademark is likely to cause confusion among consumers so that they might mistake the two suppliers of products or services for each other. For example, it would be confusing to have a software company called "Micrasoft" because there is already a software company called "Microsoft."
Trademark registration gives you a monopoly on a name, for a specific list of goods and services.
A search is not required prior to applying for a trademark. But a search can be particularly useful in determining if your trademark is still available. When you first imagine what trademark you would like to use in the market for your goods or services, you should check it as soon as possible to see if anyone else is using it, and/or has registered it. There's no interest wasting your time with the lengthy registration procedure if someone else has already registered it.
2. Risks not to conduct searches
There are three sorts of risks if you do not perform a thorough trademark search.
* if you file an application and it is rejected because there is an existing trademark that is identical or substantially similar, the Office will keep your application fees (in countries where Offices can ex officio reject your trademark, for example the USPTO .
* third parties owning earlier trademark rights may also file an opposition against your trademark application. If the Office considers that the opposition is justified, i.e. if a likelihood of confusion between the two trademarks is found, your (younger) trademark will b be rejected, and you may have to borne (a part of) the costs of the earlier rights' owner.
* if you infringe someone else's trademark, you could suffer legal consequences: you will have to stop using your trademark and pay whatever it costs to change to a new trademark. You may also be sued for damages for trademark infringement if your use of the trademark actually harmed the original owner's business.
3. Where conducting searches
You can conduct online searches in most of the trademark offices' websites.
For example:
* USA :
* Canada :
* European Union :
* Benelux :
* Germany :
You have however to consult each website and to conduct a search in each of these registers.
Some sites, as for example Eurimark have therefore automated the search stage of the procedure to enable you to detect identical trademarks protected for identical products/services. This search provides you with information regarding registered marks and applications that are currently pending. Should you have been using your trademark for decades and should this trademark be known by your business relations, it is still advisable to try to protect your trademark even if prior identical trademark rights exist. You can either take your chance or contact us to try to build a strategy for trying to limit your risks.
4. What is a Comprehensive (similarity) Trademark Search?
Conducting an additional similarity trademark search may also be recommended. This type of trademark searches provide you with information on a trademark's availability by providing information regarding already existing trademarks, and the status of those trademarks. Depending on where you want to use your mark, you may consider a number of our search options. As these searches can normally not be automated, please contact an Intellectual Property specialist, such as trademark lawyers or attorneys, to obtain additional information.
5. Trademark Search and definitive statement of availability?
Trademark searches can provide you with extensive information regarding other marks that may be registered, and the status of those marks (i.e., registered, pending or abandoned). They however do not provide answers as to whether your trademark will be registrable. At least two factors can explain a rejection, even if you conducted the required search(es).
* the Trademark Office will examine your trademark to determine whether your mark meets the legal requirements to become a registered trademark, such as having a distinctive character or being capable of graphic representation.
* trademark searches do not disclose all trademarks, even if you conducted a similarity search; it is always possible that third parties consider that your trademark application harm their rights, even if their trademark rights have not been disclosed by the search. Finally, it is also possible that owners of identical or similar trademarks may not see your trademark or may decide not to intervene against your trademark application, even if your application theoretically constitutes breaches on their rights. A trademark search will therefore constitute an assessment of the risks linked to your trademark application, but will not constitute a guarantee of registrability or of rejection.
6. How can I determine if a prior trademark may constitute an obstacle?
The main test for determining the similarity between two trademarks is to see if your proposed trademark is likely to cause confusion among consumers so that they might mistake the two suppliers of products or services for each other. For example, it would be confusing to have a software company called "Micrasoft" because there is already a software company called "Microsoft."
Goon of Fortune, also known as Wheel of Goon (derivatives of the television game show Wheel of Fortune), also known in Cornwall (County of the UK) as Wheel of Bonk, is a drinking game that originated in Pendejo Australia. Some might claim it is one of the most quintessentially Australian games, as it takes advantage of two Australian icons: , and the Hills Hoist.
The game is played by pegging up one full internal bag of cask wine (goon) taken from a bag in a box to each of the four corners of a Hills Hoist (rotary clothesline).
Once the bags have been pegged, the contestants stand around the Hills Hoist, and it is spun around. As it spins, contestants traditionally shout out "Goon... Of... Fortune!" (In Cornwall this becomes a chant of Wheel of BONK!) And when it comes to a halt, the closest contestant to each bag must drink deep of its contents - ten seconds at least.
Whoever is left standing when the bags are empty is declared the winner.
The general rules for disqualification are as follows:
* A contestant leaves to urinate.
* A contestant vomits.
* A contestant fails to drink from the bag.
* A contestant passes out.
* A contestant falls over and is unable to stand securely.
In general, a good game of Goon of Fortune contains different types of goon, to give contestants some variety. There should be at least one white wine, one red wine, and one fruity lexia. The fourth bag can be any of the above, although a goon bag of port or sherry (double the alcohol content of regular goon) can be used for enhanced hilarity.
Goon of Fortune has made an appearance in both He Died With A Felafel In His Hand and its sequel The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco.
The game is played by pegging up one full internal bag of cask wine (goon) taken from a bag in a box to each of the four corners of a Hills Hoist (rotary clothesline).
Once the bags have been pegged, the contestants stand around the Hills Hoist, and it is spun around. As it spins, contestants traditionally shout out "Goon... Of... Fortune!" (In Cornwall this becomes a chant of Wheel of BONK!) And when it comes to a halt, the closest contestant to each bag must drink deep of its contents - ten seconds at least.
Whoever is left standing when the bags are empty is declared the winner.
The general rules for disqualification are as follows:
* A contestant leaves to urinate.
* A contestant vomits.
* A contestant fails to drink from the bag.
* A contestant passes out.
* A contestant falls over and is unable to stand securely.
In general, a good game of Goon of Fortune contains different types of goon, to give contestants some variety. There should be at least one white wine, one red wine, and one fruity lexia. The fourth bag can be any of the above, although a goon bag of port or sherry (double the alcohol content of regular goon) can be used for enhanced hilarity.
Goon of Fortune has made an appearance in both He Died With A Felafel In His Hand and its sequel The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco.