Download or read book Trade Mark Bureaucracies written by Robert Burrell and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic discussions of the justifications for trade mark protection have focused on the arguments that trade marks reduce consumer search costs and protect against misappropriation of other traders' labour and investment. One thing that is striking about these justifications, however, is that they provide little explanation of trade mark registration. This disjuncture between the standard justifications for trade mark protection and the existence and operation of registered trade mark systems is significant, because having a registration system requires a significant expenditure of resources. The mere fact that such systems are now largely self-funding should not blind us to the fact that the resources expended on them could be employed in other ways. The difficulty is that it is hard to find a truly convincing justification for trade mark registration. This is not to say that registration fails to perform any useful function, but rather that the public benefits offered by registration do not seem sufficient to justify the elaborate edifices that registered trade mark systems have become. It might, therefore, be possible to make a case for the abolition of trade mark registration. However, given that trade mark registration now forms an integral part of commercial life in most developed countries, it would be both premature and, from a practical perspective, pointless to call for the abolition of registration. Recognition of the problematic nature of trade mark registration ought instead to be treated as a spur for thinking about how trade mark registration can best be made to serve useful ends. Such an assessment requires careful attention to be paid to the way registered trade mark systems function in practice. Specifically, this means that consideration needs to be given to the way trade mark bureaucracies function and to how such bureaucracies interact with courts, other government agencies, users of the trade mark system and their legal representatives. Unfortunately, such an analysis seems to suggest that there are likely to be significant obstacles to ensuring that trade mark registration becomes better focused on achieving publicly desirable goals. Whilst recognition of such obstacles undermines further the case for registration, it is only once we have reached this point that we can gain a clear picture of the consequences of providing protection for trade marks as a species of bureaucratic property.
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States Trade mark Association written by United States Trademark Association and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Mark Laws of the World written by John Henry Ruege and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Trade marks written by William Henry Browne and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trademark Law and Theory written by Graeme B. Dinwoodie and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boasting an impressive list of contributors, this first edition of Trademark Law and Theory brings together a compilation of well-written and powerfully argued works by leading international academics. The book is certainly one of the most extensive and thought provoking overviews of contemporary trademark law and theory yet to be published. . . Whilst all the contributions share in common their examination of the rapidity of change within trademark systems, the editors should be commended on their generous seasoning of other cross cutting themes throughout the Handbook. . . This fascinating compendium enriches our understanding of the shape, substance, and form of trademark law and theory. . . this Handbook is perhaps a rare exception to the adage that no book can be all things to all men . Its broad sweep approach and cross cutting themes enable a range of interested parties, such as policymakers; academics in the fields of marketing, business, consumer psychology; in addition to the usual suspects; to dip in and out of the Handbook as they wish. . . a unique and erudite collection of essays concerning trademark law and theory. . . Odette Hutchinson, Communications Law Trademarks is an area of vital, practical everyday concern, and the idea of producing a volume that brings together the perspectives of 19 thoughtful and experienced legal scholars is a bold and exciting initiative. The present volume does not disappoint and the two editors are to be congratulated on orchestrating an ensemble that simultaneously informs and stimulates. The title is apt: it is truly contemporary and is highly theoretical and doctrinal in character, while the interesting choice of the word handbook suggests clearly that this is a work in progress, a snapshot at a particular time of the challenging lines of individual research that each contributor to the volume is undertaking. It is a fine addition to a larger series of research handbooks in intellectual property published by Edward Elgar under the series editorship of Jeremy Phillips. . . The editors have done a fine job in presenting this material in such a clear and coherent fashion. . . this is an excellent and rewarding volume of readings that will be of interest to anyone working in the area of trademarks, whether as an academic or as a practitioner. Indeed, for the practitioner it will be of particular value, in that it contains, and opens up, many areas of inquiry that may not always be apparent when working at the coalface of a particular problem. . . For both kinds of readers, the real value of the volume is to have so many different kinds of perspectives brought together within the space of a single volume. . . this is a handsome production: the publishers and editors are to be commended on the clarity and cleanness of the typeface and headings, the thoroughness of the index, and the accuracy of their proof reading. It has also been given a striking and evocative cover. Sam Ricketson, University of Melbourne Law School Australia, European Intellectual Property Review Trademark Law and Theory is a first-rate exploration of the issues that will dominate trademark law in the 21st century. Authors from five continents provide a truly global perspective on the present and future of trademark law. An exceptional collection of contributors and contributions. Robert Denicola, University of Nebraska, US This compendium is an excellent source of writing on all aspects of trademark law and practice by experts from Europe, the United States, South Africa, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. It will be a stimulating read for lawyers, academics, students and policymakers alike on the present and developing trends in law and policy relating to trademarks as marketing tools and cultural artefacts. The editors deserve congratulation on their concept for the book and their judicious selection of material. David Vaver, University of Oxford, UK All students, young and older, in the burgeoni
Download or read book The Trade mark Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Trade mark Cases Decided by the Courts of the United States written by Benjamin Price and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 1210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Law of Unfair Competition and Trade marks written by Harry Dwight Nims and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Mark Law and Sharing Names written by Ilanah Simon Fhima and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are a number of points throughout the trade mark system where multiple undertakings share the same name, either unwillingly, or by consent. In this timely book, expert contributors address this controversial issue and identify the various points at which names are shared. This unique book uses both historical and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as more traditional legal methodology, to examine the practical and theoretical implications of such name sharing for the parties involved. It analyses what can be learned from the sharing process about the nature of the trade mark system and the interests which it protects. General themes relating to the nature and purpose of trade mark law are also discussed. The contributors focus on UK and European law and their detailed treatment of specific trade mark topics will prove invaluable to postgraduate law students and academics specialising in intellectual property. Legal practitioners will appreciate the up-to-date consideration of concepts important in both contentious and non-contentious trade mark practice and in-house counsel for brand owners will benefit from the expert guidance offered on issues relevant to protecting their trade marks.
Download or read book Trade Marks written by Munn & Co. (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trade Marks at the Limit written by Jeremy Phillips and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . the book differs from the norm in addressing issues not conventionally found in the more standard trade mark works and in dealing with the subject not in the traditional textbook manner but in a series of contributions from a panel of distinguished international experts. . . While there will always be a need for the detailed and comprehensive academic and practitioner tomes, books such as this give the reader access to the cutting-edge minds of a number of leading experts in their fields. Books of this nature encourage the reader to question and challenge the current status of the law the only way law can evolve. In both its structure and its content this book is highly commended. Colin R. Davies, European Intellectual Property Review Trade Marks at the Limit is a collection of current, informed and original essays on different aspects of a topic that unites trade mark owners, practitioners and potential infringers alike the fine borderline that separates permitted use of another business s trade mark from a use that constitutes trade mark infringement. This important and groundbreaking book first examines the international legal framework for regulating unauthorised use of the trade marks of others. Then writers from both sides of the Atlantic and from Australia look at the practical problems and conceptual issues that the courts face in striking a balance between the needs of trade mark owners, their competitors, businesses that provide downstream services, and also consumers. The authors address industry specific issues involving the financial services sector and consumer goods as well as problems raised by comparative advertising, the need to protect free speech, the problems faced when dealing with non-traditional trade marks and the special case of multilingual jurisdictions. Authored by leading legal practitioners and consultants in related sectors, Trade Marks at the Limit is the first book to bring these issues together under the banner of permitted but unauthorised trade mark use.
Download or read book A Digest of the Law of Trade marks and Unfair Trade written by Norman Francis Hesseltine and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Law of Trade marks and Trade Name and Merchandise Marks written by Sir Duncan Mackenzie Kerly and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Trade marks and Analogous Subjects written by William Henry Browne and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Trade Marks with a Digest and Review of the English and American Authorities written by Francis Henry Upton and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Think Consumer written by Jamil Ammar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The availability of a wide range of branded products makes the selection of the right type of goods a difficult process. This is particularly true in the case of goods whose characteristics consumers do not have complete information about, which they can only learn about after purchasing (experiencing goods). A trade mark quality guarantee facilitates consumers’ choice by sending quality signals. It also enables a trader of branded goods to differentiate the quality of his goods from those of his competitors. Accordingly, trade mark protection is said to enhance economic efficiency, and thus the production of quality goods, and reduce consumer search costs. In order for this to work, however, among other conditions, the trader must maintain consistent quality over time and across consumers. Otherwise, trade mark protection will enhance artificial product differentiation, and thus distort competition. To date, despite its profound significance, the quality guarantee is seen as performing an economic function that trade mark law is ill equipped to deal with. As a result, this function is not enforced under trade mark law. Contrary to mainstream thinking, this book argues that the quality function of a trade mark should be recognised and enforced through trade mark law. What is at stake is far from insignificant: it is about bridging the ever increasing gap between the legal rationales for trade mark protection and the economic consequences of this protection in practice. The book is also about how consumers should shape their relationship with trade marks and what role law should play in constructing that relationship. By giving independent legal substance to the quality function, trade mark law encourages a trader to improve the quality of his goods instead of simply improving the persuasive or advertising value of the mark, which, in turn, enhances artificial product differentiation, increases rather than decreases consumer search costs, and distorts competition.
Download or read book Trade marks Trade names Unfair Competition written by William Evarts Richards and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
