This Handbook is concerned with the law of trademarks and related signs - company names, domain names, indications of geographical origin, work names and other names. It consists of a series of comprehensive and practical reports from 14 of the world's most important economies - Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom - each detailing the present state of the law in that jurisdiction. Each country report is between 40 and 120 pages long. (The law of trademarks in the US will be dealt with in a future second edition).
For many multi-national companies their knowledge of trademarks and signs has never been more important. Infringement of valuable signs and trademarks can lead to multi-million dollar disputes and correspondingly large settlements and awards. This Handbook is designed to enable multi-national enterprises to understand the different legal environments in which they operate and to plan their legal and commercial strategies accordingly, avoiding disputes and protecting their own IP assets. Moreover, the Handbook enables communication with foreign advisers and helps to avoid the pitfalls and misunderstandings arising from advice and information given and received across borders.
Besides being organised by jurisdiction, the book deals with all types of trademark or sign using the same analytical method (formation, cancellation, proprietorship, transfer, licence, conflicts between signs, scope of protection, opposition to registration, types of claims and procedures) and in respect of each jurisdiction the authors set out the best strategy for safeguarding the goodwill related to trademarks and signs. The second and third parts of the handbook offer an overview of modern approaches to the marketing of trademarks and signs, as well as accepted market valuation methods.
The system used to organise the account of trademark law in each country facilitates straightforward and quick access to the relevant laws. Within each country report the authors focus on potential conflicts between signs and trademarks, thus adding to the practical value of the book. The authors are all experienced and well-known experts in their own countries, whose collective approach to writing emphasises making the content clear, coherent, concise and practically-oriented.
Country Contributors: Austria – Christian Hauer (Wien) Belgium – Hendrik Vanhees (Antwerp University) Canada – Kelly Gill (Toronto) China – Yi Wenhui/Lian Yunze/Connie Zhuang (Beijing) Czech Republic – Petr Hajn/Ivo Telec (Brno University) France – Pascale Tréfigny (Grenoble) Germany - Paul Lange (Dusseldorf) Italy – Adriano Vanzetti (Milan) Japan – Kazuko Matsuo (Tokyo) The Netherlands – Paul van der Kooij (Leiden University) Portugal – José de Oliveira Ascenção (Lisbon) Russia – Alexander Petrovich Sergeev (St. Petersburg) Switzerland – Eugen Marbach/Peter Widmer (Bern) United Kingdom – Phillip Johnson (London)
Brand Strategy – Klaus Schmidt (†) Brand Valuation – Klaus Brandmeyer (Hamburg)/Roland Schulz(Cologne)/Ottmar Franzen (Wiesbaden) Language Consultant – Jeremy Phillips (London)
Edited by:
Paul Lange
Imprint: Hart Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 244mm,
Width: 171mm,
Spine: 93mm
Weight: 1.400kg
ISBN: 9781841139005
ISBN 10: 1841139009
Pages: 1200
Publication Date: 04 June 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1. Country reports Chapter 1. Austria § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement law § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 2. Belgium § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 3. Canada § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 4. China § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 5. Czech Republic § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in the case of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 6. France § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 7. Germany § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, management, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 8. Italy § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of Protection § 4. Ownership, assignment, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in the case of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings Chapter 9. Japan § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 10. Portugal § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in case of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategies for the protection of signs Chapter 11. Russia § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 12. Switzerland § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirement of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 13. The Netherlands § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Chapter 14. United Kingdom § 1. Types of signs § 2. Statutory regulations and their interrelationship § 3. Requirements of protection § 4. Ownership, transfer, licensing § 5. Loss of protection § 6. Conflict with earlier rights § 7. Scope of protection § 8. Defences § 9. Claims in cases of infringement § 10. Infringement proceedings § 11. Strategy for the protection of signs Part 2. Brand strategy § 1. Introduction and definitions § 2. What is a brand? § 3. International and global brands § 4. Trademarks § 5. Brands in context § 6. Future developments § 7. Brands and trademarks Part 3. Brand valuation § 1. How and where the value of a brand is created § 2. On the origin of brand valuation § 3. Reasons for brand valuation § 4. Brand value and Corporate value § 5. Models for brand valuation § 6. Selected brand valuation models of commercial suppliers § 7. Brand valuation in business practice § 8. Conclusion Bibliography
Dr Paul Lange is partner of the Dusseldorf-based law firm Siebecke, Lange & Wilbert, specialised in Intellectual Property law. He is also a part-time professor of IP law.
