Trade Marks

Law and Practice

• Author(s): Alison Firth, Gary Lea, Peter Cornford,
• Publisher: Jordan Publishing
• Pages: 404
• ISBN_10: 1784731242
  ISBN_13: 9781784731243
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Law / General , Law / Intellectual Property / General , Law / Intellectual Property / Trademark ,

Description:... 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 new edition updates developments in case law and legislation from both UK and EU perspective and takes into account:* NICE class headings and classification of good - IP Translator case* KitKat shape mark decisions* Abrogation of graphical representation requirement* The use of trade mark functions as a limiting device in infringement * Autonomous concepts of trade mark law identified by the Court of Justice of the EU * EU certification * EU Reform Trade Mark Provisional Agreement relating to proposed changes to Community Trade Mark Regulation which include changes to CTM terminology* IP and Company Commercial lawyers advising on trade marks