The European Union Trade Mark (EUTM) system allows brand owners to protect and enforce a trade mark in every EU Member State through just one registration. EUTMs were previously known as Community Trade Marks and this unique trade mark registration system has revolutionised the way brands are protected in the EU.
2016 sees substantial changes to the EUTM system, not least the change of name. This practical guide describes how the EUTM system works following those changes, including: what can be protected; how registrations are obtained and maintained; the many potential obstacles to registration and how to overcome them; and the rights given by a registration. In addition it explains the specific and peculiar features of the EUTM system, such as seniority and conversion, and covers the link between EUTMs and the Madrid Protocol.
'The European Union Trade Mark' will be an invaluable reference tool for anyone involved in brand protection, including trademark attorneys, intellectual property lawyers and in-house counsel working in private practice or in international businesses, both within and outside the EU.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
It is objective, clear-eyed, clearly explained and up to date -- Phillip Taylor * Richmond Green Chambers * This book will be useful to anyone involved or interested in trade mark law. * PLC * The book certainly lives up to its title, giving a detailed account of the EUTM system and its quirks, with the overarching aim of practicality and utility. With an extremely useful glossary and an easily navigable layout, this is a must-have for any trade mark practitioner, particularly those who are encountering the EUTM for the first time. -- Mark Caddle * CITMA review *
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Gewebe-Einband
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Höhe: 242 mm
Breite: 158 mm
Dicke: 27 mm
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978-1-909416-66-6 (9781909416666)
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Preface 5
Glossary 7
Part A: Introduction to the EUTM system 12
1. Introduction to the Union and the EUTM system
2. The Office
3. Before an application is filed
Part B: Applications 45
4. Overview of the EUTM application process
5. Basic requirements and formalities
6. Classification
7. Absolute grounds objections
8. Overcoming objections and amendments to applications
9. After acceptance
Part C: Oppositions 109
10. Overview of the EUTM opposition procedure
11. Basic requirements and formalities
12. Relative grounds
13. Submissions and evidence
14. Termination of proceedings
Part D: Post-registration 175
15. Maintenance and amendment
16. Transactions involving EUTM rights
17. Revocation actions
18. Invalidity actions
Part E: Appeals 237
19. Overview and the Boards of Appeal
20. The appeals process
Part F: Enforcement 253
21. Basic principles
22. Infringement
23. Defences and avoiding infringement
Part G: Particular features 281 of the EUTM system
24. Seniority
25. Conversion
26. Restitutio in integrum
27. Continuation and interruption of proceedings
28. EU collective marks
29. EU certification marks
Part H: International marks 319
30. Introduction to the Madrid Protocol
31. The Office as Office of Origin
32. Union designations
About the authors 351
Index 353
