European Union Trade Mark (eBook)

A Practical Guide

Patricia Collis, Mark Holah (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2016
361 Seiten
Globe Law and Business Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78742-061-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

Inhalt

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

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2016
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht ► Urheberrecht
• Schlagworte: Intellectual Property Law • The European Union Trade Mark • The European Union Trade Mark, intellectual property law, trade marks • Trade Marks
• ISBN-10: 1-78742-061-2 / 1787420612
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78742-061-8 / 9781787420618