The Modern Law of Trade Marks is a comprehensive guide on trade mark law enabling practitioners to provide clients with effective advice with the best possible support and authority. It includes detailed analysis of important UK and European legislation and decisions, in-depth commentary on the complexities of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Madrid Protocol and the CTM Regulation.
All aspects of registered trade marks are included, together with information on applications, registration, protections and infringement. Divided into 7 parts, key topics covered are: Background to the Law; Registered Marks; Passing Off; Civil Proceedings; Customs and Criminal Offences; International Treaties; and the Community Trade Mark.
New for the 4th edition:
* Contains up to date UK legislation, including the Trade Marks Act 1994 (as amended), the Trade Mark Rules 2008 (as amended), the amended Community Trade Mark Regulation 2006, and the amended Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008
* Includes the current texts of the Community Trade Mark Regulation and Implementing Regulations, the Trade Mark Harmonisation Directive, the Comparative Advertising Directive, the Regulation and implementing Regulation on the Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin.
* Provides the latest texts of the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, and contain the relevant provisions of the Paris Convention and TRIPs.
* Covers all significant national case law and rulings of the CJEU and the General Court, including decisions in L'Oreal v Bellure, the growing series of 'adword' and metatag cases, Cipriani, Mastercigars, the manufacturing fiction cases relating to counterfeit goods in transit
* Contains rewritten chapters on Passing Off, Criminal Aspects of Trade Mark Law and Border Controls, including a new section on the recently established Company Names Tribunal.
* Provides increased coverage on the use of trade marks on the internet and in the context of the internet.
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Solicitors specialising in copyright and patent issues, Barristers and International Bar Association. Publishing Houses, record and film companies.
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 155 mm
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978-1-4057-7356-0 (9781405773560)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
PART I - GENERAL INTRODUCTION;
1. Subject matter and history of the law;
PART II - REGISTERED MARKS;
2. The Comptroller-General and the registry;
3. Representation at the registry;
4. Definition of a trade mark;
5. Registrability;
6. Conflict with earlier rights;
7. Loss of rights and rectification;
8. The application for registration;
9. Procedures after acceptance and registration;
10. Special categories of trade marks;
11. Registered trade marks as property;
12. Infringement and protection of well-known marks;
13. Threats;
PART III - PASSING OFF AND MISCELLANEOUS;
14. Passing off;
15. Malicious falsehood, trade libel, defamation, the Company Names Tribunal and human rights;
PART IV - SPECIAL TOPICS;
16. Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark;
17. The Internet and domain names;
18. Protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications;
PART V - CIVIL PROCEEDINGS;
19. Domestic procedure and remedies;
20. Procedure in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the General Court;
PART VI - CUSTOMS AND CRIMINAL OFFENCES;
21. Border controls - domestic procedure and proceedings;
22. Border controls - the European procedure;
23. Criminal aspects of the law of trade marks;
PART VII - INTERNATIONAL TREATIES;
24. International registration under the Madrid Protocol;
25. The Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement;
PART VIII - THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK;
26. The Community Trade Mark Regulation and its implementation in the UK;
27. The Community Trade Mark Regulation: the law relating to trade marks;
28. Applications for Community trade marks;
29. Registration procedure;
30. Maintenance of the Community trade mark and cessation or loss of rights;
31. Procedure before the Office;
32. Appeals;
33. Community collective marks;
34. Proceedings for infringement;
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