Diagrama de temas


  • The panel deals with protection of famous brands from the detriment caused by the use of later signs. In particular proving reputation of the earlier mark and the requirements for claiming dilution and tarnishment are analysed through the most relevant case law.

  • Recorded session

    • Defending famous brands

      Panel leader - Professor Hugh Hansen, Director, Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute

       Introduction (00:00 – 01:34)

       Proving reputation (01:35 – 09:44)

      Mr Arne Führer, Regional Justice Court, Hamburg

       Dilution (09:45 – 18:24)

      Professor Spyros Maniatis, Director of the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London

       Tarnishment (18:25 – 27:04)

      Professor David Franklyn, Director of the McCarthy Institute for IP and Technology Law, University of San Francisco

       A comparative perspective on famous trade marks in the current digital environment (27:05 – 35:47)

      Dr Frederick Mostert, Research Fellow, St Peter’s College, Oxford University

  • Presentations

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