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What is a Trademark?: 

® What is a Trademark? Trademark: A distinctive sign which identifies the goods and services of one company from those of another A trademark helps consumers to identify and choose between products/services based on their reputation and quality Coca-Cola registered since 1887 Nike registered since 1971

Trademark: 

Trademark Different types of trademarks: Word e.g. DELICJUSZ Logo e.g. Word/Logo e.g.

Trademark: 

Trademark Different types of trademarks Numerals/Letters 3D Slogans RADOŚĆ SMAKU DLA DOROSŁYCH I DZIECIAKÓW

Trademark: 

Trademark Different types of trademark Well-known mark Collective mark? Certification mark?

Requirements for a Good Trademark: 

Requirements for a Good Trademark Distinctive (unique) Not descriptive Not similar or identical

Distinctive: 

Distinctive Distinctive (unique) and not descriptive for the type of product or service being registered but if descriptive, it can be registered only if sufficient evidence of use is presented - acquired distinctiveness

DISTINCTIVENESS: 

DISTINCTIVENESS TENNISSHOES CHEESE FROM DENMARK ADIDAS TENNISSHOES

Distinctive Yes No: 

Distinctive Yes No Word SUPPER Logo Word/Logo Super

New Kinds of Trademarks: 

New Kinds of Trademarks 3-dimensional Sound Smell Feel Moving What the future brings Colours Important: Graphic reproduction!

EXAMPLES: 

EXAMPLES ”The smell of freshly cut grass” 3-D SOUND SMELLS

Distinctiveness: 

Distinctiveness 3D Slogan COCA-COLA IS THE MUSIC     ÷ THE BEST PIZZAS UNDER ONE ROOF + PEPSI THE CHOICE OF A NEW GENERATION

Exercise: 

 Exercise Half price for clothes Jaguar for cars Tetley for tea bags Handy for chainsaws X X 

Similar/Identical: 

Similar/Identical If it concerns the same or similar/identical products and services: The name of product/service cannot be similar or identical to a previous mark however The same similar/identical brand name can be used for different products/services in different classes but Well-known marks have a broader scope

Similar/Identical: 

Similar/Identical Meaning the way the mark is: Written Looks Phonetic (sounding) Conceptual similarity

Similar/Identical - Examples: 

Similar/Identical - Examples Written Looks Sounding Conceptual Star/Stern Cool/Kool Basket / Buskit For You/ 4 U

Exercise: 

Exercise Riverland Timberland Zymlin Xymelin Eurica Erika

Varied Protection of a trademark: 

Varied Protection of a trademark How close can you get to another trademark? Strong trademark gives wider protection Weak trademark gives less protection

Examples – Strong/Weak: 

Examples – Strong/Weak DERMATECH SAMSUNG PRINCE BP

Classification system: 

Classification system Like a library system 45 classes Important to make a good list of goods and services Think 5 years ahead

How to apply: 

How to apply Sprawdź, czy nie naruszasz praw osób trzecich; Złóż prawidłowo wypełniony formularz zgłoszenia i wnieś stosowne opłaty; (w przypadku wątpliwości skorzystaj z profesjonalnej pomocy rzecznika patentowego);

International Protection: 

International Protection Trademark filed: National Office – acquires national protection EU system: OHIM – acquire protection in 25 member states International system: Madrid Protocol – member states

EU Trademark - Community Trade Mark : 

EU Trademark - Community Trade Mark Covers the entire European Community – 25 Member States Apply at the OHIM Offices in Alicante (e-filing accepted) (or National Office) Fees (can be viewed at the OHIM website: www.oami.europa.eu)

Obtaining an EU trademark: 

Obtaining an EU trademark There are some differences between the National trademark system and the EU system: Distinctiveness Similarity

International filing: 

International filing Madrid National Applications e.g. in Australia, USA Priority claimed for a Polish application within 6 months

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION: 

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION

Consequences of infriging: 

Consequences of infriging If you infringe someone else’s trademark or design, you may risk: Injunction, which means that all the infringer’s products with the infringing trademark on or the same design can be removed from the marked Destruction of products Being given a fine Being sentenced to imprisonment (in gross cases)

Consequences of infriging: 

Consequences of infriging Paying damages to the trademark or design owner e.g. Burberry vs. Zebra

Why register?: 

® Why register? To have an exclusive right Stop others from copying Certificate of ownership ™