Resumé Protection of Three-Dimensional Trade Marks and Designs The aim of this work was to examine the registration requirements of three- dimensional trade marks and designs, to compare the rights and protection conferred by each of these forms of intellectual property and to observe the interaction of trade mark and design when their subject matter is identical or similar. First part of this work focuses on the questions regarding the registration requirements of the three-dimensional trade marks. The work looks closely on what constitutes a sign and which absolute grounds for refusal of registration are mostly employed when dealing with the three-dimensional trade marks. Furthermore this work looks at exclusion of registration of certain types of shapes, on the requirement of good faith when applying for trade mark registration and briefly at the average consumer. The landmark cases cited in this part of the work are Dyson v Registrar of Trade Marks, Philips v Remington, Henkel v OHIM, Lego v OHIM and Lindt v Franz Hauswirth. Second part of this work looks at the definition of design and its relationship to product itself. It also looks at the background of design protection and closely at the registration requirements of designs, namely the novelty requirement, the individual character and exclusion of...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:313967 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Čech, Jakub |
| Contributors | Růžička, Michal, Pítra, Vladimír |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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