Download or read book A User s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Nicholas Caddick and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A User's Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off, 4th edition focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights including registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and Passing off. There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together. Includes the following case law: Illustrative cases such as Lush, Scrabble, Starbucks, Glee Club and Jack Wills; Cadbury and what it means for registering colours as trade marks; How to tackle survey evidence after Interflora; Greek yoghurt continuing the Vodkat line of passing-off cases; Specsavers - Europe's view on the effect of using elements not included in a trade mark registration. Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. What is a trade mark? 3. Other kinds of mark; 4. Absolute grounds for refusal; 5. Relative grounds for refusal of registration; 6. Classification; 7. UK procedure for the registration of a trade mark; 8. Application procedure before the OHIM; 9. International conventions; 10. Representation; 11. Invalidity; 12. Revocation; 13. Ownership of and dealings with trade marks; 14. Infringement; 15. Defences, disclaimers and limitation; 16. Comparative and misleading advertising; 17. Remedies; 18. Groundless threats; 19. Criminal offences; 20. Passing off.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Julian Gyngell and published by Bloomsbury Professional. This book was released on 1998 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this comprehensive text has been fully revised and expanded and to include all key decisions of the UK courts, the UK registry, OHIM and the ECJ as well as relevant changes in practice/procedure and statutory provisions. Essential reading for the busy IP practitioner and trademark specialist.
Download or read book User s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Nicholas Caddick and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights. This includes registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and passing off. There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together. Individual topics covered include: Kit-Kat - when can 3D shape marks benefit from 'acquired distinctiveness'? Whether colours may form part of 3D shape marks - Louboutin Infringement by 'wrong way round' confusion Limitations on the own-name defence Calculation of damages, and the availability of blocking injunctions."--
Download or read book A User s Guide to Trademarks and Passing Off written by Aaron Wood and published by Bloomsbury Professional. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this comprehensive text provides a clear and concise commentary on trade mark law and practice in the UK. It has been expanded to include all key decisions of the UK courts, the UK registry, OHIM and the ECJ as well as relevant changes in practice/procedure and statutory provisions. Essential reading for the busy IP practitioner and trademark specialist. This title includes coverage of special types of trade marks; absolute grounds for refusal; relative grounds for refusal; UK, Community Trade Mark and Madrid Protocol Procedures; trade marks as a property right; remedies; passing off; trade libel; infringement procedure; and criminal offences.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Nicholas Caddick and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-02-29 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A User's Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off, Third Edition addresses the law of trade marks from a practical viewpoint, covering acquisition, loss, exploitation and infringement of trade marks, and passing off. Breaking down the procedural matters as they relate to the filing, opposition, enforcement and revocation of trade marks, each of the topics is approached separately in order to maintain a user-friendly structure. Clear explanations of the underlying principles and concepts (for example, when is there a likelihood of confusion) help to tie the different areas together. This third edition provides an up-to-date analysis of a rapidly evolving area of law and includes coverage of: The UK's Trade Marks Act 1994; The EU's Community Trade Mark legislation; Recent cases such as: L'Oreal v Bellure, The Google France litigation, 'Vodkat', Interflora and Budvar; The protection of Olympic symbols. Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 What is a Trade Mark?; Chapter 3 Other kinds of mark - collective and certification marks; protected descriptions; Chapter 4 Absolute grounds for refusal; Chapter 5 Relative grounds for refusal of registration; trade mark functions; honest concurrent use; Chapter 6 Classification; Chapter 7 UK Procedure for the registration of a trade mark; Chapter 8 Application procedure before OHIM; Chapter 9 International conventions; Chapter 10 Representation; Chapter 11 Invalidity; Chapter 12 Revocation; Chapter 13 Ownership of and dealings with trade marks; Chapter 14 Infringement and parties to infringement actions; Chapter 15 Defences, disclaimers and limitations; Chapter 16 Comparative and misleading advertising and malicious falsehood; Chapter 17 Remedies; Chapter 18 Groundless threats; Chapter 19 Criminal offences; Chapter 20 Passing off; Chapter 21 Olympic symbols.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Nicholas Caddick KC and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on the current law relating to the protection of registered trademarks and certain related rights. This includes registered trade marks, well-known trade marks, certification marks, collective marks, protested geographical origin indicators, international conventions, and passing off. There is clear explanation of the underlying principles and concepts with a breakdown of procedural matters, thereby helping to tie the different areas together. Individual topics covered include: Kit-Kat - when can 3D shape marks benefit from 'acquired distinctiveness'? Whether colours may form part of 3D shape marks - Louboutin Infringement by 'wrong way round' confusion Limitations on the own-name defence Calculation of damages, and the availability of blocking injunctions
Download or read book A Practical Guide to Trade Mark Law written by Amanda Michaels and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the commercial use of brands and trade marks has been revised and updated to incorporate developments in UK law with particular reference to legislation concerning service marks as introduced by the Trade Marks (Amendment) Act 1984 and the Patents Designs and Trade Marks Act 1986. It deals with the use of trade marks in commercial practice as well as the registration and legal remedies available to the trade mark owner. The book includes a number of illustrations showing the variety of uses for trade marks, plus products which are counterfeit or infringe the regulations.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Trade Marks written by Julian Gyngell and published by MICHIE. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commentary on the Trade Marks Act, 1994
Download or read book Gyngell and Poulter a User s Guide to Trademarks Third Edition written by Allan Poulter and published by Butterworths. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of this comprehensive text has been fully revised and expanded and includes chapters on the common law protection for trade marks rights and UK and EC competition law. These chapters incorporate the tort of passing off, rights and remedies under the Trade Descriptions Act, the Rules of the Advertising Standards Association, the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, the Competition Act and the Treaty of Rome. Expert analysis is given on all affected key issues such as registration, infringement, assignment and licensing, offering everything the busy trade mark specialist needs to know.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Intellectual Property in Life Sciences written by Paul England and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 877 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life Sciences is one of the most innovative and complex areas of law. It is currently undergoing a period of intense transformation, with companies facing an ever-increasing level of regulation as well as strict cost management in order to remain competitive and profitable. The latest in "A User's Guide to..." series it covers life sciences in relation to: - patents - copyright - trade marks; and - data protection The book covers UK law with references to significant EPO cases. A key part of the book is the coverage of case law. Case studies and detailed analysis of the key cases, eg the Kymab mouse case, the human genome sciences case, and the pregabalin case feature heavily helping to put this often complex area of law into context. Where appropriate and for comparison purposes, approaches of key foreign jurisdictions are summarised and for ease of use there are clearly signposted. A key text for practitioners specialising in life sciences and intellectual property in general and patents officers dealing with life sciences applications.
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science written by John Feather and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Encyclopedia of Information and Library Science was published to widespread acclaim in 1996, and has become the major reference work in the field. This eagerly awaited new edition has been fully revised and updated to take full account of the many and radical changes which have taken place since the Encyclopedia was originally conceived. With nearly 600 entries, written by a global team of over 150 contributors, the subject matter ranges from mobile library services provided by camel and donkey transport to search engines, portals and the World Wide Web. The new edition retains the successful structure of the first with an alphabetical organization providing the basic framework of a coherent collection of connected entries. Conceptual entries explore and explicate all the major issues, theories and activities in information and library science, such as the economics of information and information management. A wholly new entry on information systems, and enhanced entries on the information professions and the information society, are key features of this new edition. Topical entries deal with more specific subjects, such as collections management and information services for ethnic minorities. New or completely revised entries include a group of entries on information law, and a collection of entries on the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Download or read book A User s Guide to Patents written by Trevor Cook and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A User's Guide to Patents, Fifth Edition provides guidance on the areas of European and UK patent law and procedure that are most important in day-to-day practice. This new edition sets out how patents can be obtained, exploited and enforced and addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends that affect legal practitioners. It is essential reading for IP practitioners, solicitors and barristers, patent attorneys, in-house lawyers, management executives and inventors. Unique selling points: Explains how patents can be exploited and enforced by reference to the most recent UK and EPO case law Identifies and discusses the different patent law issues that can arise in specific industrial sectors Full tabulation of all English patent validity and infringement decisions given after full trial since 1997 Addresses wider public policy aspects of patents and their economic significance, as well as past and likely future trends in the field, both in Europe and internationally The following relevant developments are included: The new UK law as to infringement by equivalents following Actavis v Lilly (UKSC 2017) The degree to which new types of plant, produced by using certain modern biotechnological techniques, can be patented in the light of the exclusion for 'products obtained by essentially biological processes' and the ongoing controversy as to this between the EPO, the EPO Boards of Appeal and the EU The developing case law in the UK and the EPO on plausibility in the context of insufficiency and obviousness The Unjustified Threats Act 2017 and other procedural developments, such as those involving Arrow type declarations of obviousness Developments in standards related patent litigation, as in Unwired Planet v Huawei (Patents Court 2017, CA 2018)
Download or read book A User s Guide to Copyright written by Michael Flint and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A User's Guide to Copyright, Seventh Edition is long established as one of the key texts in the field. Renowned for its practical, user-friendly and authoritative approach and for its practical application to the main copyright using industries, the book is considered essential reading for legal practitioners, copyright law students and - crucially - for those working in the copyright using industries. Extensively cross-referenced to cases, legislation and leading texts and articles, this book clearly and effectively illustrates and explains the scope and relevance of copyright law in the new digital information era. Legislation and case law includes: WIPO Treaties; Number of EU Directives; Enterprise and regulatory Reform Act 2013; Football Association Premier League case (CJEU (C-403/08)); Infopaq (C-302/10); Public Relations Consultants Association v The Newspaper Licensing Agency (C-360/13); ITV v TVCatchup (C-607/11); Da Vinci Code case – Baigent v Random House; Fisher v Brooker 2009 UKHL 41 – the Whiter Shade of Pale case.
Download or read book Blackstone s Guide to the Trade Marks Act 1994 written by Ruth Annand and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last major revision of United Kingdom Trade Marks law occurred in 1938. This book introduces the changes brought about by the Trade Marks Act 1994 and includes a register of trade marks, with a relaxed test of registrability. It provides information about protection through registrationfor shapes, packaging, sounds and smells, multi-class applications, improved rights and remedies for the trade mark owner against infringement and counterfeiting, deregulation of assignment and licensing and procedure for the international registration of marks. The book gives a detailed commentaryon the law, suggests where the old law may still be relevant in interpretation and predicts future developments, in particular relating to the law of passing off and unfair competition. In this book the new law is placed in the context of the UK's international obligations to protect intellectual property under the Paris convention and Madrid Protocol.
Download or read book Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Parameswaran Narayanan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 1628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Law of Trade Marks and Passing Off written by Parameswaran Narayanan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
