Trade Marks Law and Practice, 3rd edition

Author: Alison Firth; Gary Lea; Peter Cornford
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781846612633
Published In: March 2012
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Trade Marks: Law and Practice is a concise account of UK trade marks law within the European and international context. Written by Alison Firth and expert co-authors, this text deals with all the relevant domestic and international developments.

The text incorporates and analyses the ongoing amendments to the Trade Marks Act 2004, amendments to the Trade Marks Rules 2000 and the expansion of the system of international registration of trade marks under the Madrid Protocol and the International Trademark Treaty. The appendices include helpful consolidated versions of the Act and the Rules.

The work offers a coherent and logical analysis of the legal framework in which trade marks operate and is expertly distilled for ease and speed of reference. It considers the commercial functions of trade marks and how to use them; how to protect trade marks and the process of registration, licensing and assignment.

The new edition of Trade Marks: Law and Practice has been thoroughly updated to take account of major developments in this field, including Trade Marks Rules 2008 and case-law from UK courts, the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM) and the European Court of Justice.

Author Biographies
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
Table of European and International Materials
Chapter 1
The Commercial Functions of a Trade Mark
Chapter 2
The Mark Itself
Chapter 3
Legal Modes of Protection
Chapter 4
Limits to Trade Mark Protection
Chapter 5
Registration
Chapter 6
Using the Mark
Chapter 7
Pursuing Infringements
Chapter 8
Defending Infringement Proceedings
Chapter 9
Cancellation of UK Registrations
Chapter 10
Licensing Others to Use the Mark
Chapter 11
Assignment of Marks
Chapter 12
Special Category Marks
Chapter 13
Trade Marks and European Union Law
Chapter 14
The Community Trade Mark
Chapter 15
Trade Mark Systems Worldwide: International Co-operation and
Harmonisation
Chapter 16
International Registration: the Madrid Agreement and Protocol
Appendix 1
Trade Marks Act 1994
Appendix 2
Trade Marks Rules 2008
Appendix 3
Council Directive (EC) No 2008/95
Index

Alison Firth Professor, University of Surrey, Barrister
Gary Lea Consultant, Aruna Trade Mark Attorneys and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Canberra
Peter Cornford Partner, Stevens Hewlett & Perkins

"no UK trade mark lawyer - especially one whose practice includes overseas clients - should be without this thorough, concise and useful book"
An appreciation by Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers