EU Trade Mark Law and Product Protection A Comparative Analysis of Trade Mark Functionality
"This book employs scholarly analysis to ground practical tools for applying the EU Trade Mark law (EUTM) functionality refusal grounds to address business needs when registering trade marks consisting of product characteristics. The study comprehensively examines the absolute grounds for a ref...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Milton :
Taylor & Francis Group
2023.
2023. |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009866435306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- How to deal with functionality in trade mark law in a practical way
- The legal framework of trade marks' functionality in the EU
- 'La raison d'e^tre' of functionality in the EUTM - a tool for balancing interests between legal exclusivity and enhancing competition
- The US legal framework of functionality doctrine. Areas of convergence with EU law.
- Functionality within the framework of law and economics. Competition concerns against protecting functional trade marks
- Categories of signs falling within the scope of EU functionality refusal grounds
- Technical functionality
- Generic functionality - signs resulting from the nature of goods
- The functionality of signs giving substantial value to goods
- Conclusions.
