Conveying meaning – options and limits for protecting new forms of marks in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute Intermediate
After this webinar you will be aware of the ‘philosophy’ underlying the registration requirements for the new forms of marks (smells and tastes, sound marks, movements, multimedia marks, colour marks, shapes and surfaces and position marks). You will also understand the difficulties that courts and authorities necessarily face when applying the specific rules governing the registration/ex...
AG examination: Single letters Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of one single letter is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark.If you are a trade mark applicant or legal repres...
AG examination: Pattern marks Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of a pattern is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark.If you are a trade mark applicant or legal representative, you ...
AG examination: Colour marks Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of a colour or a combination of colours is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark.If you are a trade mark applicant or...
Digits and numbers: When do they COUNT as trade marks? Intermediate
In this webinar the concept of digits and numbers as trademarks will be analyzed. We shed some light on the conditions of registrability and in particular on the assessment of descriptiveness and distinctive character using invented examples as well as relevant Court decisions. The webinar will be wrapped up with an insight into the national approach in some EU Member States and in the US.Speaker:...
AG examination: Geographical origin Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark including a geographical location is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark.If you are a trade mark applicant or legal representa...
AG examination: Common figurative elements Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of common figurative elements is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark. If you are a trade mark applicant or legal...
Trade mark examination training Basic
Recording of the Trade Mark examination training for examiners. Topics covered practical organisational measures to manage the timeframes of examination (regional and international trademarks), opposition and ownership claim procedures, to build on the practice of splitting the application, and to share practical experience on the assessment of the distinctiveness of a trade mark. The training wi...
AG examination: Simple figurative elements Advanced
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of simple figurative elements is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess marks under this category in compliance with the regulations and to draft well-founded objection letters for this type of trade mark.If you are a trade mark applicant or legal rep...
Latest Developments in the Protection of Non-traditional Trade Marks Basic
In the first webinar of the webinar series on trade marks, Prof. Irene Calboli from Texas A&M University School of Law discusses the legal context and several aspects of non-traditional trade marks, including the EU Trade Mark Directive and examining procedures of those marks such as taste marks, gesture marks, and multimedia marks. IPKeySEA series webinars. Objective: To dis...