Modern law of trade marks / Christopher Morcom ... [et al.].

London : Butterworths, 2005.

2nd ed.

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Trademarks -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Part 1. General Introduction: 1. Subject matter and history of the law

Part 2. Registered marks: 2. The Comptroller-General and the registry

3. Representation at the registry

4. Definition of a trade mark

5. Registrability

6. Conflict with earlier rights

7. Loss of rights and rectificat]ion

8. The application for registration

9. Procedures after acceptance and registration

10. Special categories of trade marks

11. Registered trade marks as property

12. Infringement and protection of well-known marks

13. Threats

Part 3. Passing off and miscellaneous: 14. Passing off

15. Malicious falsehood, trade libel, defamation and emergency legislation

Part 4. Special Topics: 16. Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark

17. The internet

18. Protected designations of origin and protected geographical indications

Part 5. Civil proceedings: 19. Domestic procedure and remedies

20. Procedure in the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance

Part 6. Customs and criminal offences: 21. Border controls - domestic procedure and proceedings

22. Border controls - the European procedure

23. Criminal aspects of the law of trade marks

Part 7. International treaties: 24. International registration under the Madrid Protocol

25. The Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement

Part 8. The community trade mark: 26. The community trade mark regulation and its implementation in the UK; 27. The community trade mark regulation: the law relating to trade marks

28. Applications for community trade marks

29. Registration procedure

30. Maintenance of the community trade mark and cessation or loss of rights

31. Procedure before the office

32. Appeals

33. Community collective marks

34. Proceedings for infringement

Appendix 1. United Kingdom statutes

Appendix 2. Secondary legislation

Appendix 3. Rules of Court

Appendix 4. International conventions

Appendix 5. European material

Appendix 6. International registration

Appendix 7. Miscellaneous registry material

Appendix 8. Useful website addresses

Index.

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