Trademark Distinctiveness And Strong And Weak Distinguishing Marks
Subject Areas : Civil Law
Mehrdad Ghani
1
,
Alireza Mohammad Beyki
2
1 - PhD in Criminal Law and Criminology, Department of Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Jurisprudence and Islamic Law, Department of Theology and Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Trademark, sectorial distinction, case law, industrial property, EU law ,
Abstract :
Sectional distinctiveness is a requirement for trademark protection. However, all legal systems in determining the distinction of a part of the way to support distinguishing marks, and also the effect of the minimum descriptiveness of the mark, in a way that does not harm the distinctiveness of the trademark, They have not adopted a common approach, so that by delving into the judicial procedure and doctrine of different countries, It is possible to separate the symptoms into weak and strong according to their degree of differentiation, and accordingly different legal protection of trademarks, depending on which of the above categories it is mentioned. The decision of the Federal Court of Switzerland in 2000 and the Benelux Court of Justice, which was later repeatedly upheld by the courts, Doctrine and Administration of Internal Market Harmonization of the European Union is included, It has not had any effect on the jurisprudence of Iran's courts, even if indirectly, And the trace of this separation is evident in the recent decisions of the appeals courts in the field of trademarks.
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