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EU trade mark law and product protection : a comparative analysis of trade mark functionality /

"This book explores applying the EU trade mark law (EUTM) functionality refusal grounds to address business needs when registering trade marks consisting of product characteristics. The study examines the absolute grounds for a refusal of registration of functional signs under EUTM. It interpre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brancusi, Lavinia, 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2024.
Subjects:
Functionality (Trademark law) > European Union countries.
Trademarks > Law and legislation > European Union countries.
Trademarks > Law and legislation.
European Union countries.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • The legal framework of trade marks' functionality in the EU
  • 'La raison d'etre' of functionality in the EUTM : a tool for balancing interests between legal exclusivity and enhancing competition
  • The US legal framework of functionality doctrine : areas of convergence with EU law
  • Functionality within the framework of law and economics : competition concerns against protecting functional trade marks
  • Categories of signs falling within the scope of EUTM functionality refusal grounds
  • Technical functionality
  • Generic functionality : signs resulting from the nature of goods
  • The functionality of signs giving substantial value to goods.

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