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The Trade Mark Handbook

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Edited by Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (C.I.P.A.) · Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys · Mark Hiddleston · Manish Joshi · Terry Johnson
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780851218519
Publisher
Sweet & Maxwell U.K.
Format
Loose-leaf (2 volumes)
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

With two releases a year to keep this looseleaf completely up-to-date, The Trade Mark Handbook:

  • Provides a detailed description of the law and practice relating to trade marks, and of the relevant aspects of European and international law
  • Describes in detail how to register and protect a trade mark
  • Explains key issues as renewal and restoration, licensing copyright and trade marks and competition law
  • Provides coverage of the European Community Trade Mark
  • Provides guidance on how to use a trade mark and how to manage a trade mark portfolio successfully
  • Contains coverage of all the relevant statutes and treaties
  • Sets out court procedures for trade mark cases
  • Is updated with two releases a year
 
Initial price includes updating releases for this calendar year. 2 updating releases published per annum.

Table of Contents

  • Choosing a trade mark
  • Proprietorship
  • Application procedure under the Trade Marks Act 1994
  • Registrability and distinctiveness
  • The internet
  • Evidence in registry proceedings
  • Opposition
  • Surrender, revocation and invalidity
  • Alteration of a trade mark application
  • Alterations to the register
  • Appeals from the registrar's decision
  • Certification marks and collective marks
  • Renewal and restoration
  • Assignments
  • Licensing and security interests in trade marks
  • Franchising
  • Taxation
  • Infringement
  • Customs procedures and counterfeiting offences
  • Civil court procedures for trade mark cases
  • Trade descriptions
  • Trade libel, comparative advertising and threats
  • International arrangements
  • European free movement, competition law and trade mark transactions
  • Using a trade mark property: portfolio management and brand valuation
  • Product liability and safety law: trade mark implications
  • International registration of marks
  • Community trade marks and the UK trade mark registration system: a comparison

Reviews

Excellent value and should be on the desk of every trademark practitioner. - CIPA Journal

This is a book which will undoubtedly find its way onto the shelves of most practitioners in the field. What is perhaps more of an accolade is the fact that it will be also used regularly. - ITMA Journal

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