1. | Legislation on Trademarks | |
1.1 | International legislation | |
1.2 | National legislation | |
2. | Protected Signs | |
2.1 | Registered signs | |
2.2 | Unregistered signs | |
2.3 | Company names/Trade names | |
3. | Registration of Trademarks | |
3.1 | Owner | |
3.2 | Trademark | |
3.3 | Goods and services | |
3.4 | Priority | |
3.5 | Absolute grounds for refusal | |
3.6 | Relative grounds for refusal | |
3.7 | Term of protection | |
3.8 | Fees | |
3.9 | Remedies | |
3.10 | Flowchart: Registration proceedings | |
4. | Enforcement | |
4.1 | Scope of Protection | |
4.1.1 Use of a trademark | ||
4.1.2 Identity of signs and goods/services | ||
4.1.3 Likelihood of confusion | ||
4.1.4 Trademarks having reputation | ||
4.2 | Limitations of trademark rights | |
4.2.1 Own name, descriptive, customary, referential use and non protectable elements | ||
4.2.2 Exhaustion | ||
4.3 | Claims for trademark infringement | |
4.3.1 Preliminary injunction | ||
4.3.2 Removal/destruction | ||
4.3.3 Disclosure of information | ||
4.3.4 Rendering of accounts | ||
4.3.5 Monetary claims | ||
4.3.6 Publication of judgement | ||
4.3.7 Statute of limitation | ||
4.4 | Defences | |
4.5 | Infringement Proceedings | |
4.5.1 Civil proceedings | ||
4.5.2 Criminal proceedings | ||
4.5.3 Border detention measures | ||
5. | Loss of Protection | |
5.1 | Declaration of invalidity | |
5.2 | Revocation | |
5.3 | Invalidity and revocation proceedings | |
5.4 | Acquiescence | |
6. | Licences | |
7. | Securities | |
8. | Assignment | |
9. | Changes of name and address | |
10. | Representation in the Patent Office and courts | |
