Download This PaperTrade Mark Cluttering: An Exploratory Report
60 Pages Posted: 4 Jan 2016
Date Written: April 15, 2012
Abstract
This report explores the problem of "cluttering" of trade mark registers. The report consists of two parts:
The first presents a conceptual discussion of “cluttering” of trade mark registers.
The second part provides an exploratory empirical analysis of trade mark applications at the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the European trade mark office (OHIM).
This part contains results of a descriptive and an econometric analysis.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
von Graevenitz, Georg and Greenhalgh, Christine A. and Helmers, Christian and Schautschick, Philipp, Trade Mark Cluttering: An Exploratory Report (April 15, 2012). Intellectual Property Office Research Paper No. 2012/11, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2710618 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2710618
Philipp Schautschick
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law ( email )
Marstallplatz 1
Munich, Bayern 80539
Germany
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