The Proper Scope of IP Rights: Trade Marks - A European Perspective
6 Pages Posted: 29 Sep 2013
Date Written: May 24, 2010
Abstract
Paper presented at INTA Annual Conference 2010 in Boston, discussing the proper scope of IP rights in general and trade marks in particular. The paper first addresses whether IP suffers from 'over protection' or is 'under siege'. The author subsequently touches on 'free ride and free lunch v. free speech and free flow'. After discussing a number of balancing mechanisms, the paper compares and contrasts 4 trends in trade mark practice:
1.Confusion over dilution 2. Prescriptive rules v. cognitive research 3. Separatism v. realism 4. Functionalism v. expansionism
Keywords: Intellectual Property, trade mark, trade marks, trademark, trademarks, balancing, proper scope, public domain, private domain, confusion, dilution, cognitive, separatism, realism, functionalism, expansionism, free speech, free flow, Tsoutsanis
JEL Classification: K29, K42
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