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1. Verfasser:	Johnson, Helen (VerfasserIn)
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Veröffentlicht:	Haywards Heath [u.a.] Bloomsbury Professional 2011
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adam_text	CONTENTS Preface ............................................................................................................................ v Contents ....................................................................................................................... vii Table of Cases .............................................................................................................xxi Table of Statutes .......................................................................................................xxix Table of Statutory Instruments ............................................................................ xxxiii Table of EU and International Legislation ............................................................xxxv Chapter 1 Intellectual Property - What Is It? ............................................................1 What does the Term Intellectual Property Cover? ............................................1 Why are IPRs Important for Business? ................................................................2 Patents ..................................................................................................................2 Trade Marks .........................................................................................................4 Copyright© .........................................................................................................5 Design Rights .......................................................................................................6 Passing-Off ...........................................................................................................8 Confidentiality ......................................................................................................8 Domains ...............................................................................................................9 Chapter 2 The Law ......................................................................................................11 History ................................................................................................................11 Applicable Irish Law ..........................................................................................11 The International Scene in Ireland .....................................................................12 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ..........................12 Nice Agreement ............................................................................................ 13 Vienna Agreement ........................................................................................13 The Madrid System ...................................................................................... 13 TRIPS ........................................................................................................... 14 Trade Mark Law Treaty ................................................................................ 15 Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trade Marks .............................................. 15 A Look at Europe ...............................................................................................16 The Law at the Office for Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM) .......16 Chapter 3 Trade Marks and Pre-Filing Issues ..........................................................19 Why Register? ....................................................................................................19 Where to Register? .............................................................................................19 Some Pre-Filing Considerations ........................................................................20 Searches ..............................................................................................................21 Trade mark searches .....................................................................................21 Common law searches ..................................................................................22 Making Your Mark ............................................................................................22 Sign ...............................................................................................................23 Represented graphically .............................................................................23 Capable of distinguishing ..........................................................................24 What cannot be registered? ..........................................................................24 vii Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland What Classes of Goods or Services do you Need Protection for? .....................25 Classification and brand extension .............................................................. 27 Chapter 4 The Irish Application ................................................................................29 The Application Form .......................................................................................29 Ireland .......................................................................................................... 29 The Sections to be Completed ...........................................................................32 The Applicant ............................................................................................... 32 Legal representative ..................................................................................... 32 Address for service ....................................................................................... 32 Representation of the mark .......................................................................... 32 Type of mark ................................................................................................ 33 Colour .......................................................................................................... 36 Priority ......................................................................................................... 36 Goods and services ...................................................................................... 36 Declaration of use/intent to use .................................................................... 37 Fees .............................................................................................................. 37 A note on disclaimers and limitations .......................................................... 37 How to find the List of Fees Payable and how to Pay .......................................38 Sending Your Application In .............................................................................38 What Happens Next? .........................................................................................39 What if I ve Made a Mistake on the Form? .......................................................39 What if I ve Changed my Mind and No Longer Wish to Proceed? ..................39 Dividing Your Application ................................................................................39 Chapter 5 The Community Trade Mark Application ..............................................41 What is a Community Trade Mark (CTM)? ......................................................41 Who Can Apply for a CTM? .............................................................................42 How to Apply/File .............................................................................................42 The Application Form For the OHIM ...............................................................42 Sections of the Form to be Completed ..............................................................45 Name, address and legal form ...................................................................... 45 Language ......................................................................................................45 Mark ............................................................................................................. 45 Goods/services .............................................................................................46 Priority/seniority ..........................................................................................46 Signature ...................................................................................................... 48 A Note on Е -Filing ............................................................................................ 49 Sending In Your Application .............................................................................49 Checklist for your application ...................................................................... 49 The Relevant Fees Payable ................................................................................50 Examination ..................................................................................................51 Deficiencies in Your Application ......................................................................51 The Filing Date .................................................................................................51 Withdrawing Your Application .........................................................................52 Amending Your Application .............................................................................52 viii Contents Dividing Your Application ................................................................................53 Searches ........................................................................................................53 Chapter 6 The International Application ..................................................................55 Madrid Agreement .............................................................................................55 How to apply ................................................................................................56 Madrid Protocol and International Applications Designating Ireland ...............65 How to apply ................................................................................................66 Differences Between the Agreement and the Protocol ......................................78 What are Central Attack, Dependency and Independence? ...............................79 Transformation ...................................................................................................80 Replacement .......................................................................................................81 The Paris Convention .........................................................................................81 Priority ................................................................................................................83 International Registrations Designating the EU.................................................83 Subsequent Designations ...................................................................................84 Seniority .............................................................................................................85 Fees, Payments to WIPO and WIPO Details .....................................................85 Table of countries .........................................................................................86 Chapter 7 Examination of your Trade Mark Application on Absolute Grounds ..................................................................................................89 What are Absolute Grounds for Refusal? ..........................................................89 Marks not Satisfying the Definition of a Sign ...................................................90 Marks which are Devoid of Distinctive Character .............................................91 Marks which are Descriptive of the Goods/Services Involved ..........................93 Proviso re Acquired Distinctiveness ..................................................................98 What is it? .....................................................................................................98 What do I have to show? ..............................................................................98 Where does such distinctiveness have to be? ...............................................98 Case law ........................................................................................................99 Marks which are Generic .................................................................................101 Shapes ..............................................................................................................102 Marks Contrary to Public Policy or Morality ..................................................102 Marks Likely to Deceive ..................................................................................105 Marks Filed in Bad Faith ..................................................................................106 When does it arise? ..................................................................................... 106 What is it? ................................................................................................... 107 What test is used to determine bad faith? ................................................... 107 Bad faith in filings ...................................................................................... 107 The Irish Courts and bad faith .................................................................... 109 The ECJ and bad faith ................................................................................ 109 Other Objections ..............................................................................................110 Prohibited by law ........................................................................................ 110 What to do if Faced with an Objection from the IPO/OHIM on Absolute Grounds? ................................................................................112 ix Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland Chapter 8 Registering Conventional Signs and Non Conventional Signs ............115 Words ...............................................................................................................115 Letters & Numbers ..........................................................................................116 Names ..............................................................................................................116 Famous Names ................................................................................................117 Well Known Characters from Fiction ..............................................................117 Geographical Names ........................................................................................118 Domain Names ................................................................................................118 Figurative Signs ...............................................................................................119 Shapes ..............................................................................................................119 Non-Conventional Signs ..................................................................................122 Colours .............................................................................................................122 Sound Marks ....................................................................................................123 Tastes ...............................................................................................................125 Smells ..............................................................................................................126 Holograms/Moving Images .............................................................................127 Slogans .............................................................................................................128 Chapter 9 Relative Grounds for Refusal .................................................................131 What are Relative Grounds for Refusal? .........................................................131 When are they Raised? ....................................................................................131 What is an Earlier Trade Mark? .......................................................................131 The Law ...........................................................................................................132 The Average Consumer ...................................................................................133 When are Marks Deemed Identical? ................................................................133 What to Take into Account when Assessing Similarity of Marks ...................134 What to Take into Account When Assessing Similarity of Goods/Services ......................................................................................135 Likelihood of confusion - what is taken into account? ............................. 136 UKIPO Test for Confusion ..............................................................................137 Likelihood of Association ...............................................................................138 Unfair Advantage and Detriment .....................................................................139 How do I prove a reputation in my trade mark? ........................................ 139 Case law for this ground ............................................................................ 140 Use prevented by laws protecting unregistered trade marks or signs used in course of trade ............................................................ 143 A word on honest concurrent use ............................................................... 143 How to Overcome Objections Based on Relative Grounds .............................145 Chapter 10 State Emblems, Protected Marks and Well-Known Marks ..............147 State Emblems, Flags and Armorial Bearings .................................................147 The law ....................................................................................................... 147 What is Article 6/er? ................................................................................148 Contents What is Protected? ............................................................................................148 How are the emblems and signs protected? ............................................... 149 How can I see what is protected? ............................................................... 149 Case Law ..........................................................................................................150 Chapter 11 Publication .............................................................................................155 Ireland ..............................................................................................................155 TheOHIM ........................................................................................................155 Why Is the Date of Publication Important? ......................................................156 How Will I Know When A Trade Mark Has Been Published If I Want To Oppose It? ..............................................................................156 Chapter 12 Observations ..........................................................................................157 What are They? ................................................................................................157 How are they Submitted? .................................................................................157 Ireland ......................................................................................................... 157 OHIM ......................................................................................................... 157 What Purpose do they Serve? ..........................................................................158 Chapter 13 Opposition Proceedings in Ireland .......................................................159 Legal Basis .......................................................................................................159 What is it? ................................................................................................... 159 Why might it be taken? ............................................................................... 159 When can it be taken? ................................................................................. 159 How can opposition be taken? .................................................................... 159 Evidentiary stages ....................................................................................... 160 Next step - to go to a hearing or to file written submissions? ................... 163 The decision and costs ................................................................................ 164 Written grounds .......................................................................................... 164 Settling Oppositions .........................................................................................165 Sample of Basic Opposition Proceedings ........................................................166 Written Submissions ........................................................................................172 A Hearing .........................................................................................................173 Costs .................................................................................................................173 Chapter 14 Opposition at the OHIM .......................................................................175 Legal Basis .......................................................................................................175 Why Might such Opposition be Taken? ...........................................................175 When Must it be Taken? ..................................................................................175 Where can it be Taken and by Whom? ............................................................176 How Is Opposition Taken? ...............................................................................176 The Form ..........................................................................................................176 Fees Payable .....................................................................................................185 Notice of Opposition and Cooling Off .............................................................185 Post Cooling-Off Period and the Adversarial Stage ........................................186 Decision and Appeal ........................................................................................187 Costs .................................................................................................................189 xi Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland What if the Opposition is Successful and the CTM is Rejected? ....................189 How Can I Settle an Opposition to a CTM? ....................................................190 A Note on Opposing International Registrations Designating the EU ............190 Chapter 15 Conversion of a Community Trade Mark ...........................................191 What is Conversion? ........................................................................................191 Legal Basis ......................................................................................................191 When Can I Convert? ......................................................................................191 When do I Apply? ............................................................................................192 How do I Apply? .............................................................................................192 What Does the OHIM do? ...............................................................................196 What Does the Irish Patents Office do ifit Receives an Application? ............197 Effect of Conversion ........................................................................................197 A Note on the Conversion of an International Registration Designating the EU ....................................................................................197 Chapter 16 The Register ...........................................................................................199 What Is It? ........................................................................................................199 Ireland ..............................................................................................................199 What does an extract look like? ................................................................. 200 Accessing the Register and basic searching ............................................... 201 Can I get a copy of a registration from the Register? ................................ 203 What if the information on the Register is incorrect? ................................ 203 Falsification of the Register ....................................................................... 203 OHIM ...............................................................................................................204 What does an extract look like? ................................................................. 205 Accessing the Register and basic searching ............................................... 207 Can I get a copy of a registration from the Register? ................................ 208 What if the information on the Register is incorrect? ................................ 209 World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ..........................................209 What does an extract look like? ................................................................. 209 Accessing the Register and basic searching ............................................... 211 Cani get a copy of a registration from the Register? ................................ 213 What if the information on the Register is incorrect? ................................ 214 Having a Look on Other Registers ..................................................................214 United Kingdom ......................................................................................... 214 USA .................................................................................................................216 Australia ...........................................................................................................218 Chapter 17 Registration and Matters Affecting Trade Marks .............................221 Registering your Mark .....................................................................................221 Ireland ........................................................................................................ 221 The OHIM .................................................................................................. 221 International marks at WIPO ..................................................................... 222 Alteration of a Trade Mark ..............................................................................222 Ireland ........................................................................................................ 222 OHIM ........................................................... ..... ... 223 Xli Contents WIPO..........................................................................................................224 Merging Trade Mark Registrations ..................................................................224 Ireland .........................................................................................................224 OHIM .........................................................................................................225 WIPO ..........................................................................................................226 Division of Trade Mark Applications ..............................................................227 Ireland .........................................................................................................227 OHIM .........................................................................................................228 WIPO ..........................................................................................................229 Chapter 18 Renewals and Restoration ....................................................................231 The Irish Position .............................................................................................231 Calculating the renewal date ......................................................................231 How to Renew your Mark ................................................................................232 What do I do if I Miss the Deadline for Renewal? ..........................................233 When is a Mark Removed? ..............................................................................233 What do I do if my Mark is Removed? ............................................................233 OHIM ...............................................................................................................234 Calculating the Renewal Date ....................................................................234 How To Renew Your Mark ........................................................................234 What If I Miss the Deadline? ......................................................................234 A note on e-renewals ..................................................................................235 International Marks at WIPO ...........................................................................235 Calculating the renewal date ......................................................................236 How to renew your mark ............................................................................236 What if I miss the deadline? .......................................................................236 What is complementary renewal? ..............................................................237 Chapter 19 Assignments, Licences and Recordais .................................................239 What are Registrable Transactions? .................................................................239 Assignments - What are They? ........................................................................240 Why Register the Recordal? .............................................................................240 Where and How to File an Application of an Assignment in Ireland ..............240 The application ...........................................................................................241 Recording Assignments at the OHIM ..............................................................244 Why Register the Recordal? .............................................................................244 WTiere and How to File an Application for Recordal of an Assignment at OHIM ......................................................................................................244 The application ...........................................................................................245 International Marks ..........................................................................................248 Licences - What are they? ...............................................................................249 Why Register the Recordal? .............................................................................250 Where and How to File an Application for Recordal of a Licence in Ireland .....................................................................................................250 The application ...........................................................................................250 Recording a Licence at the OHIM ...................................................................252 xiii Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland Where and How to File an Application for Recordal of a Licence attheOHIM ...............................................................................................252 The application ........................................................................................... 253 International Recordais of Licences ................................................................253 Security Interests - What are they? .................................................................253 Why Register the Recordal? ............................................................................254 Where and How to File an Application for Recordal of a Security Interest in Ireland ....................................................................................................254 The application ........................................................................................... 254 Why Record a Security Interest at the OHIM? ................................................256 Where and How to File an Application for Recordal of a Security over at OHIM .............................................................................................256 The application ........................................................................................... 256 Recording Security Interests over International Marks at WIPO ....................256 Recording Changes in Ownership Details .......................................................256 Ireland ..............................................................................................................257 Applications for Changes of Name or Legal Constitution or Recordal of Merger .......................................................................... 257 Examples of Several Changes Recorded at Once ...................................... 258 OHIM ...............................................................................................................259 Changes of Name, Legal Constitution or Recordal of Merger and Change Of Address ........................................................................ 259 International Marks ..........................................................................................261 A Note on Testamentary Dispositions .............................................................261 Power of Attorney ............................................................................................261 Chapter 20 Infringement ..........................................................................................263 What Is It? ........................................................................................................263 How Does It Differ From Passing-off? ...........................................................263 Who Can Sue for Infringement? ......................................................................263 Use and Abuse ................................................................................................263 What Type Of Use Is Infringing? ....................................................................264 What Does the Law Say? .................................................................................264 What Must I Show to Succeed in my Infringement Claim? ............................265 Section 14(1) - identical marks + identical goods ..................................... 265 Section 14(2) - identical marks + similar goods/services + confusion ........................................................................................... 267 Some things to note about proving confusion ............................................ 267 Section 14(3) - Identical or similar or dissimilar + reputation + detriment + unjust cause ................................................................... 273 Does the Irish Act Cover Secondary Infringement? ........................................275 If Someone Infringes my Registered Trade Mark, What Remedies can I Avail of? ............................................................................................275 Injunctions .................................................................................................. 275 A Word About Infringement on the Internet ...................................................276 Some case law on internet use ................................................................... 277 xiv Contents Keywords and Adwords ...................................................................................278 IRISH Case Law ..............................................................................................280 The Differences Between Trade Mark Infringement and Passing Off ............282 Chapter 21 Passing Off .............................................................................................287 What is it? ...................................................................................................287 When is it used? ..........................................................................................288 What must I show? .....................................................................................288 Goodwill ...........................................................................................................289 Misrepresentation .............................................................................................289 Damage ............................................................................................................291 What must you establish to succeed at trial? ..............................................292 What are the defences available? ...............................................................292 Ten Irish Cases .................................................................................................292 Where the Law is Headed ................................................................................300 What is extended passing off? ....................................................................300 What is reverse passing off? .......................................................................301 Chapter 22 Defences ..................................................................................................303 What Type of Trade Mark Use is Infringing? ..................................................303 Section 15 Defences .........................................................................................303 Use of a registered trade mark ....................................................................304 Use of your own name or address ..............................................................304 Use refers to a characteristic of the goods/services offered or is use in a descriptive sense ..............................................................307 Use is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of the goods/services, in particular, accessories and spare parts ..............................................308 Section 15(2) - Honesty Required! ..................................................................308 Use in a Particular Locality ..............................................................................309 Other Defences .................................................................................................310 Invalidity/revocation as a defence & counterclaim ....................................310 Comparative Advertising .................................................................................311 What is it? ...................................................................................................311 When can this defence be availed of? ........................................................311 Exhaustion of Rights ........................................................................................314 What is exhaustion? ....................................................................................314 Chapter 23 Enforcement of Trademark Rights, Remedies and Jurisdictional Forums ..................................................................................................................317 Enforcing your Rights ......................................................................................317 The Law ...........................................................................................................318 Who Can Sue? ..................................................................................................319 Why sue? ....................................................................................................319 The Rights Protected ........................................................................................319 Infringement of registered marks ...............................................................319 Protection of unregistered trade marks (aka passing off) ...........................320 Infringing Goods, Infringing Materials and Infringing Articles Defined ........320 xv Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland Preliminary Steps to Consider If Infringement or Passing Off is a Possibility ............................................................................................321 Cease and desist letter ................................................................................ 321 Undertakings .............................................................................................. 321 Groundless threats ...................................................................................... 322 General Remedies Available ...........................................................................322 Injunctions .................................................................................................. 322 Injunctions .......................................................................................................323 What are they? ........................................................................................... 323 Types of injunctions available ................................................................... 323 Damages ..........................................................................................................326 Account of Profits ............................................................................................326 Ancillary Reliefs Available .............................................................................326 Order for erasure of offending sign ............................................................327 Order for delivery up of infringing goods, materials or articles ................327 Disposal of infringing goods ...................................................................... 327 Seizure of infringing goods ........................................................................ 327 Other remedies ...........................................................................................327 Hi-Ho, Hi -Но, It s Off to Court I Go ..............................................................328 Jurisdiction ................................................................................................. 328 The criminal aspect .................................................................................... 329 A Word on Drafting .........................................................................................330 Draft cease and desist letter .......................................................................330 Undertakings ..............................................................................................331 Some Irish cases ......................................................................................... 331 Chapter 24 Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs .......................................................333 What is Counterfeiting? ...................................................................................333 Some important definitions before we start ............................................... 333 What are Counterfeit Goods? ..........................................................................333 What are Pirated Goods? .................................................................................334 Who is a Right Holder? ...................................................................................334 The Applicable Law ........................................................................................334 Use of a Trademark, Infringement and Unauthorised Use ..............................335 Protection Offered by Customs .......................................................................336 Statutory Remedies under Trade Mark Law and Customs Law ......................336 Trade mark law ..........................................................................................336 Customs law ............................................................................................... 337 How to File an Application for Action in Ireland ............................................338 The form .....................................................................................................338 What should my application contain? ........................................................ 342 What is the Article 6 declaration? .............................................................. 343 Where do I send the application for action? .............................................. 343 How much does the application for action cost? ....................................... 344 How will I know if my application for action has been accepted? ............344 How long will it last for? ...........................................................................344 xvi Contents What ifi want similar protection in other Member States? .......................344 What do customs do with detained counterfeit goods? ..............................344 What goods can t customs detain? .............................................................345 If I suspect that counterfeit goods are likely to be imported or if I have any useful information, what can I do? ..............................345 What about counterfeit goods in transit? ....................................................345 Relevant Case Law ...........................................................................................346 A Note on ACTA .............................................................................................350 What is it? ...................................................................................................350 What is its purpose? ....................................................................................350 What provisions does it contain? ................................................................351 Chapter 25 Revocation ..............................................................................................353 What is It? ........................................................................................................353 Why Initiate Revocation Proceedings? ............................................................353 When can Revocation Proceedings be Taken? ................................................353 The Law Bit ......................................................................................................354 What is Use? ....................................................................................................354 What does the legislation say? ...................................................................354 What Do The Courts Say About Use? .............................................................356 What are Proper Reasons for Non-use? ...........................................................357 Some Recent Cases Concerning Use ...............................................................359 Where does the Use have to be? ......................................................................361 Marks Becoming Generic ................................................................................362 Marks Becoming Misleading/Deceptive ..........................................................363 How to File Revocation Proceedings ...............................................................364 Ireland .........................................................................................................364 Notice of opposition and evidence .............................................................366 Decision and costs ......................................................................................366 OHIM ...............................................................................................................366 International Marks ..........................................................................................370 The effect of revocation ..............................................................................370 Partial revocation ........................................................................................370 Chapter 26 Invalidity .................................................................................................371 What Is It? ........................................................................................................371 Why Initiate Invalidity Proceedings? ...............................................................371 When Not to Initiate Proceedings? ..................................................................372 Where to Take Proceedings? ............................................................................372 Legal Basis of Claim for Invalidity ..................................................................373 Grounds of invalidity ..................................................................................373 How to Take Proceedings? ...............................................................................373 Irish Patents Office .....................................................................................373 OHIM ...............................................................................................................377 Invalidity of International Marks .....................................................................378 Partial Invalidity ...............................................................................................378 xvu Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland Some Recent Invalidity Cases .........................................................................378 Chapter 27 Surrender of a Trade Mark ..................................................................383 What is Surrender? ..........................................................................................383 Why would you Surrender? .............................................................................383 The Law and how to Surrender .......................................................................383 Ireland ........................................................................................................ 383 OHIM ......................................................................................................... 384 International marks: WIPO ........................................................................384 Chapter 28 The Controller .......................................................................................387 The Controller s Powers and Duties ................................................................387 The Controller and Trade Mark Registration ..................................................389 The Controller and Trade Mark Oppositions ...................................................389 The Controller and Appeals .............................................................................389 Chapter 29 The Doctrine of Exhaustion and the Law of Parallel Imports ..........391 Some Terms Explained ....................................................................................391 What is exhaustion? ................................................................................... 391 What is required for exhaustion to apply? ................................................. 391 What is specific subject matter? ................................................................. 392 What are parallel imports or grey goods? .................................................. 392 The Relevant Law ............................................................................................393 National, Community and International Exhaustion .......................................393 What is the difference between national and international exhaustion?.... 393 The principle of common origin-what is it? ............................................ 393 Community exhaustion .............................................................................. 394 Should community exhaustion be extended to international? ................... 395 International exhaustion ............................................................................. 396 What about consent? Can it be implied? .................................................... 396 When exhaustion does not apply? .............................................................. 399 Parallel Imports ................................................................................................400 Some More Terms Explained ..........................................................................400 When can Goods be Repackaged and/or a Trademark be Reapplied - The Bristol Myers Squibb Conditions .....................................................401 A note for brand owners .............................................................................404 Chapter 30 Protected Geographical Indications and Protected Designated Origins ..................................................................................................................405 PDOS and PGIS-What are they? ..................................................................406 Protected designation of origin - PDO ......................................................406 Protected geographical indication - PGI ...................................................407 Traditional Specialities Guaranteed - TSG .....................................................407 What is traditional and specific character ? ...........................................408 The Law ............................................................................... 408 European Regulations ................................................................................408 International Conventions and Agreements ...............................................409 xviii Contents TRIPS.........................................................................................................410 The Sectors Protected .......................................................................................411 Wine ...........................................................................................................411 Spirits ..........................................................................................................412 Why Register the Name of a PDO, PGI or TSG? ............................................413 How do I Check if the Name is Already Registered? ......................................414 Registration of a PDO or PGI Process in 10 Steps ..........................................414 Changes to the Registration .............................................................................417 What Cannot be Registered as a PDO or PGI? ................................................417 Registering a TSG ............................................................................................418 The TSG Application .......................................................................................418 Rights Granted and Enforcement Thereof .......................................................419 Relationship with Trade Marks ........................................................................420 The Irish Situation ............................................................................................421 The Situation Abroad .......................................................................................421 Relevant Case Law ...........................................................................................421 Chapter 31 Trade Marks and Domain Names ........................................................429 Types of Domain Names ..................................................................................429 Domain Name Governance ..............................................................................430 How to Find Out who has Registered a Domain ..............................................430 The Irish Domain Registry (IEDR) ..................................................................430 ICANN, WIPO and the UDRP .........................................................................431 How to File an Administrative Proceeding under the UDRP ..........................432 The parties ..................................................................................................432 The protected identifier ..............................................................................432 Locus standi ................................................................................................433 Domains and bad faith ................................................................................433 Defences .....................................................................................................433 Procedures for lodging a complaint under the UDRP ................................434 Previous decisions delivered under the UDRP ...........................................444 A Short Note on Screen Scraping ....................................................................444 Chapter 32 Certification and Collective Trade Marks ..........................................447 What are They? ................................................................................................447 A Note on Certification Marks .........................................................................448 Ireland .........................................................................................................448 Who can apply and how to apply ...............................................................448 When ministerial consent is required .........................................................449 Infringement ...............................................................................................449 Revocation of an Irish certification mark ...................................................450 Invalidity of an Irish certification mark ......................................................450 Amending the Regulations .........................................................................451 Some case law ............................................................................................451 Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) .........................452 A Note on Collective Marks ............................................................................452 xix Guide to Trade Mark Law and Practice in Ireland Ireland ........................................................................................................452 Who can apply and how to apply ............................................................... 452 Infringement ...............................................................................................453 Revocation and invalidity .......................................................................... 453 Amending the Regulations ......................................................................... 454 OHIM .........................................................................................................454 Requirements for registration ....................................................................455 Objections to a collective community mark application ............................455 Who can initiate proceedings if infringement occurs? ...............................456 Revocation and invalidity ..........................................................................456 Chapter 33 An Overview of the Main Markets ......................................................457 Australia ...........................................................................................................458 Canada .............................................................................................................458 China ................................................................................................................460 Hong Kong ......................................................................................................461 India .................................................................................................................461 Japan ................................................................................................................462 New Zealand ....................................................................................................463 Russia ...............................................................................................................464 Singapore .........................................................................................................465 South Africa .....................................................................................................465 Switzerland ......................................................................................................466 Taiwan .............................................................................................................466 Thailand ...........................................................................................................467 United Kingdom ..............................................................................................468 USA .................................................................................................................469 Chapter 34 How to Qualify as a Trade Mark Agent ..............................................471 Ireland ..............................................................................................................471 The application form ..................................................................................471 The Exam .........................................................................................................474 How to prepare for the exam ......................................................................474 Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) ..............................475 Index ............................................................... 477 XX
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