First Trademark Regulations in Bulgaria
First Trademark Regulations in Bulgaria
Author(s): Fanny KolevaSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Economic history, 19th Century, The Ottoman Empire, Law on Economics, Marketing / Advertising, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: STS Science Centre Ltd
Keywords: trademarks; trademark history; Bulgaria; Ottoman Empire; ottoman; trademark legislation; trademark regulations; trademark protection; geographical indications;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to disclose the specificity of trademark protection regime according to the first piece of legislation of Bulgaria as independent country (dated 1892) in comparison with the preceding regulations in the field, part of country’s past in the frames of Ottoman Empire (dated 1870). The corner stones of this comparison are the conditions and procedure of protection, its scope and instruments of support, as well as the opportunities for geographical indications’ protection available. The analysis is realized from the perspective of relevant and contemporary trends in trademark theory and practice. The study respectively reaches the conclusion that when similarities between the two acts are observed, they are mostly a result of the level of development of trademark regulations in the period than of an imitation of the norms of earlier regulation by the later one.
Journal: Journal on European History of Law
- Issue Year: 7/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 130-138
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
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