- identify the key aspects to consider when assessing a trade mark on Absolute Grounds
- resolve if a sign is distinctive enough to function as a trade mark
- determine when a mark, considered as a whole, passes the Absolute Grounds check
- sustain your reasoning and conclusions on sound evidence from appropriate sources
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Not started Absolute Grounds Examination: General principles
The examination based Absolute Grounds (AG) for refusal is one of the steps that a trade mark application must go through to be registered as an EU trade mark.With this introduction course you will become familiar with the basics of AG examination, including the registration process of an EU trade mark and the general principles governing AG examination. If you are starting your career as tra...
Not started AG examination: Slogans
This short course will help you understand how an application for a slogan is examined based on Absolute Grounds for refusal. If you are an examiner, you will be able to assess slogans 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 will be able to avoid common errors ...
Not started AG examination: Simple figurative elements
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...
Not started AG examination: Common figurative elements
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...
Not started AG examination: Typographical symbols
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of typographical symbols 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 represen...
Not started AG examination: Pictograms
This short course will help you understand how an application for a mark consisting of pictograms 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...
Not started AG examination: Labels
This short course will help you understand how an application for a label-shaped figurative sign 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 re...
Not started AG examination: Colour marks
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...
Not started AG examination: Pattern marks
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 ...
Not started AG examination: Position marks
This short course will help you understand how an application for a position mark (seeking to protect the specific way in which the mark is placed on or affixed to a product) 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 ...
Not started AG examination: Shape marks
This short course will help you understand how an application for a three-dimensional shape mark 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 ...
Not started AG examination: Sound marks
This short course will help you understand how an application for a sound mark 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 will be able to av...
Not started AG examination: Multimedia marks
This short course will help you understand how an application for a multimedia mark 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 will be able ...
Not started AG examination: Motion marks
This short course will help you understand how an application for a motion mark 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 will be able to a...
Not started AG examination: Holograms
This short course will help you understand how an application for a hologram mark 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 will be able to...