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Admissibility of Unconventional Trade Marks Registration within the European Court of Justice Statements
Admissibility of Unconventional Trade Marks Registration within the European Court of Justice Statements

Author(s): Justyna Konikowska-Kuczyńska
Subject(s): Law on Economics, Marketing / Advertising, EU-Legislation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: trade mark; unconventional trade marks; graphical representation; trade marks registration;

Summary/Abstract: On 16 March 2019 the amendment of the Act – the Industrial Property Law, which implemented the European Parliament and EU Council Directive 2015/2436 of 16 December 2015, aiming the rapprochement of legislation within the membership countries regarding trade marks. The essential change, that the amendment implemented is the cancellation of the necessity of graphical representation of the trade mark, what allows to simplify the registration of the unconventional trade marks. The purpose of the article is to present how the registration of unconventional trade marks looked within the light of the Luxembourg tribunal’s statements.

  • Issue Year: 29/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 117-133
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English