A User's Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off, 3rd editionWritten by Nicholas Caddick, QC and Ben Longstaff, Hogarth Chambers
This new edition of a well established title provides a handy, reference-style commentary on trademark law and practice in the UK and under CTM regulation. Written by an expert in the field of trade mark and design law, this third edition of A User’s Guide to Trade Marks and Passing Off, has been fully updated to reflect the extensive changes that have occurred since the 2nd edition (1998).
Restructured content includes:
What is a Trademark?
Trademarks as a Property Right
Groundless Threats of Infringement Proceedings
Passing Off
Criminal Offencescontents
1. Introduction
Section 1 - Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights
2. What is a Trade Mark?
3. Other Types of Marks
4. Absolute Grounds for Refusal
5. Relative Grounds for Refusal
6. Classification
7. UK Procedure
8. CTM Procedure
9. Madrid Protocol Procedure
10. Representation
Section 2 - Loss of Trade Mark Rights
11. Invalidation
12. Revocation
Section 3 - Exploitation and Enforcement
13. Commercialisation: Licensing and Assignment
14. Infringement
15. Defences
16. Comparative Advertising
17. Remedies
18. Groundless Threats of Infringement Proceedings
19. Criminal Offences
Section 4 - Other Rights
20. Passing Off
21. Olympic Symbols
Bibliographic detail
ISBN: 978 1 84592 156 9
Publication Date: Feb-12
Format: Paperback
Availability: Not Yet Published
List price: £95