Special Gazette NO. 52 - May 2005 - 25th Anniversary Issue

“Past, Present and the Future”
Development of Trade Marks, Designs and Related IP Rights in Europe.
A Balance of Rights?
“181 pages”

CONTENTS:

Foreword

Quo Vadis IPR – Open Issues within the Intellectual Property Field
By Max Oker-Blom

National

An Analysis of the Evolution of National Rights in General and a Perspective of the Role they still will play in the Future Globalised World
By Clarke Graham

International

The International Perspective of Trade Mark Protection
By Alexander von Mühlendahl

The Rights

- Trade Marks:

The Direct and Indirect Effect of the TRIPS Agreement in the EU Member States
By Niklas Bruun

An Analysis of the Evolution of Trade Marks and a Perspective on the Role they will play in the Future
By Luis-Alfonso Durán

The Wording is not always what it seems to be – On Confusion, Association and Dilution
By Marianne Levin

- Designs:

Legal Protection of Design and Prospects regarding its Future Role
By Domenico De Simone

- Domain Names:

Trade Marks and Domain Names: Crash or Traffic Jam?
By Mireia Curell

The Issue of Language in UDRP Actions Regarding Domain Names: A Study within the European Community
By Nathalie Dreyfus

- Geographical Indications:

Geographical Indications
By Burkhart Goebel

- Interaction of Rights:

Designs vs. Trade Marks: An Invasion of the Playing Field?
By Fabrizio de Benedetti

The Courts

- National Courts:

Community Trade Marks in National “Community” Courts – A System That is Fit for the Future?
By Annette Kur

- European Court of Justice:

EU Trade Mark Law: Status, Trends and Export Possibilities
By Jens Schovsbo

Related Aspects

- Counterfeiting:

An Analysis of the Evolution of the Enforcement of Rights
By Ignacio Diez de Rivera Elzaburu

- Taxes:

An Analysis of the Legal Strategy of Trade Marks from a Tax Point of View
By Isabelle Leroux and Anne Quenedey

 

Special Newsletter No.49 - October 2003
The Enlargement of the European Union and Community Trade Marks - Harmony or Conflict? (34 pages)

Contents :

Foreword - Kaj L. Henriksen.

Map showing new EU countries as from May 2004.

The Enlargement of the European Union and Community Trade Marks - Harmony or Conflict? - Alexander v. Mühlendahl

Special Newsletter No. 41, March 2001.
Anti-Counterfeit Directive. (49 pages)

Contents :

REGULATION (EC) No. 241/1999 Amending Regulation (EC) No. 3295/94 laying measures to prohibit the release for free circulation, export, re-export or entry for a suspensive procedure of counterfeit.

REGULATION (EC) No. 2549/1999 Amending Regulation (EC) No. 1367/95 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 3295/94 laying down measures to prohibit the release for free circulation, export, re-export or entry for a suspensive procedure of counterfeit and pirated goods.

Counterfeit and Piracy in the Single Market European Parliament Regulation on the Commission Green Paper "Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Single Market".

Special Newsletter No. 34, March 1998.
Comparative Advertising. (32 pages)

Contents :

Council Directive 84/450 of September 10, 1984 Relating to the Approximation of the Laws, Regulations and Administrative Provisions of the Member States Concerning Misleading Advertising.

Directive 97/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 1997 amending Directive 84/450/EEC concerning misleading advertising so as to include comparative advertising.

Amended text.
Council Directive « of 10 September, 1984 concerning misleading and comparative advertising.

Special Newsletter No. 30, May 1996.
Seniority (88 pages)

Paper written by Mr. Alexander von Mühlendahl, the Vice President for Legal Affairs at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs).

 

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