| International and comparative
law of trade marks, designs and unfair competition |
| Section A: The concepts
of trade marks, designs and unfair competition |
| ·
Introduction to the concept of trade marks: a
functional, legal, and economic analysis |
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Introduction to unfair competition |
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The history of trade marks |
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Systems of protection; registered and unregistered
trade marks |
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International agreements: the Paris Convention; the
World Trade Organization; International Registrations; regional
agreements; the Community Trade Mark (introduction);
classification treaties; Trade Mark Law Treaty; appellations of
origin; the Olympic symbols |
| Section B: Unfair
competition |
| ·
Systems of unfair competition: a comparative
perspective |
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Misrepresentation and misappropriation |
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Unfair competition in the United Kingdom |
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Unfair competition in the United States |
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Unfair competition in France |
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Unfair competition in Germany |
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Other jurisdictions |
| Section C: Registered
trade marks |
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Registered trade marks: a comparative perspective |
| ·
Systems of registration: first to file v. first to
use |
| ·
Registered trade marks in Europe: the Community
Trade Mark; national registrations (United Kingdom; France;
Germany); the role of the European Court of Justice |
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Registered trade marks in the United States |
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Other jurisdictions |
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Current trends: dilution; domain names |
| Section D: Special
topics in trade marks |
| ·
Industrial designs; relationship to other forms of
protection; Community Design Regulation; Hague Agreement
Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs, as
amended. |
| ·
Appellations of origin |
| ·
Trade marks and competition: parallel imports;
functionality and the interface between trade marks and other
intellectual property rights; comparative advertising |
| · Cultural issues: advertising;
character merchandising; symbols of indigenous communities. |
Sequence:
Section A first, Section D last. |
|
Textbooks:
William R. Cornish and David
Llewelyn, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright,
Trademarks and Allied Rights 6th ed (London: Sweet &
Maxwell, 2007), ISBN: 9780421919006
Andrew Christie
and Stephen Gare, Blackstone’s Statutes on Intellectual
Property 8th ed (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006),
ISBN: 9780199288267
Alison Firth, Gary Lea and Peter
Cornford, Trade Marks: Law and Practice 2nd ed
(Bristol: Jordan Publishing Ltd, 2006), ISBN: 9780853087946 |
