Trademark Explained - Intellectual Property Law | Lex Animata
Trademarks identify products and services of a company They stand for the quality of a company and are part of the intellectual property of the company, such as patents A strong brand is a valuable asset.
Anyone can file a trademark brand protection is available for words, letters, numbers, images and even the colors and sounds create a single sign, except perhaps denied your request.
Trademarks identify products and services of merchants specific signs that are suitable for distinguishing goods or services of a particular company from other companies eligible for trademark protection These signs can consist of words, letters, numbers, images or even colors or sounds.
The trademark protection in Germany resulting from the inclusion in the German register of patents and trademarks and is subject to a trademark application protection can also come forward because of the extensive use of a sign in in the course of trade or the fact that a sign is well known.
The registration of a trademark confers on its holder the exclusive right to use the mark in relation to goods and or protected trademark owners can sell services and sell their brands at any time the owner of a trademark may grant other right to use the trademark license brand.
A trademark can be renewed indefinitely and last forever if renewal fees are not paid every ten years, the registration will be canceled.
Trademarks registered in the German Patent and trademark are exclusively effective in the Federal Republic of Germany If you want to extend the protection, you can request the international registration to the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO WIPO This request must be submitted to national IP office industrial property.
If you seek protection in countries of the European Union, you can file a trademark application to the European Union Union Intellectual Property Office EUIPO.
The German Patent and brands is part of the European network and brand design ETMDN Detailed information is available.
Under EU Regulation No. 1151 2012 see also sections 130 to 136 of the German Commercial Trademark Act.
PDO origin, e g cheese or Odenwдlder Frьhstьckskдse.
Protected geographical indications, IGP e g sausage Thьringer Rostbratwurst.
Can be saved for certain agricultural products and foodstuffs.
The original geographical indication of a designation registration application must be filed at the DPMA The exam is in two stages, first by the DPMA and the European Commission, which also covers the registration more information is available in the brochure, information on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin.
These pages summarize the basic facts about the Trademarks For this reason, they contain simplified and general statements can not be present all the brand issues here exhaustively and authoritative For more information please see the fact sheets published by the DPMA or, if in doubt, legal texts the legal basis of marks is provided in the Act Markengesetz brands and the Ordinance on Markenverordnung brand.
2016 Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt Last updated April 6, 17.
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