International And Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs And Unfair Competition
Professional Certificate – 11 sessions
Online Classes
Date
Time
Provided by
The University of London (QMUL & UCL) and the American University of Technology LLM support program.
Course Description
Trade Marks and other distinctive signs act as a valuable tool in a competitive economy by denoting links between products, services and their sources. The source may be an actual geographical location or factory, a distributor or retailer, or even an advertiser. Trade Marks convey information to consumers, competitors, and other market players.
In International & Comparative law of trade Marks, designs and unfair competition shall be explained with focus on the legal means by which the informative value of these signs is maintained. The concepts underlying these forms of protection and important international agreements will be explained with an emphasis on the procedure of registration in particular and on the laws of different countries which came up with other ways to protect signs against unfair competition.
The Course Is Composed of 4 Modules
Module A: Concepts
Module B: Unfair Competition
Module C: Registered Trade Marks
Module D: Special Topics
Speaker
JUDGE FAYÇAL MAKKI
Being a judge for around 20 years, experienced in problem-solving in all legal fields, interpreting legal texts, dispute resolution, mediation and proposing drafts laws and amendments to improve legislation. Experienced University Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Legal Writing, Legal Translation, Legal Research, Legal Consulting, and Legal Contract Review.
Fayçal Makki holds a PHD in Law and Master’s degree in Business Law with honors. He is currently in charge of enforcing court decisions and deeds and highly experienced in debt resolution and debt recovery, debt collection from a creditor’s perspective, debt payment from a debtor’s perspective, mortgages and ranking among debts, Loans management, Bids management and provisional seizure on properties.
About Module A ‘Concepts’
Module A examines the concepts of registered and unregistered trademarks and unfair competition with an emphasis on their functions and different systems of protection. There will be a detailed analysis of the material in the context of international treaties: the 1883 Paris Convention, the Madrid Agreement and Protocol, the Madrid Agreements for the Repression of False or Deceptive Indications of Origin, the 1958 Lisbon Agreement, the Trademark Law Treaty (1994), the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (1981), Regional agreements including the Community Trade Mark, the world Trade Organization (WTO) and TRIPs Agreement.
We will provide you with the required study guides written by eminent UoL professors and researchers, leaders in the field, with up to date reading materials, including articles and case law. Students registered in the LLM program will receive additional textbooks and will be assisted with additional sessions focusing on past UoL-LLM examinations.
Lawyers, academics interested in human rights, members of national and international institutions involved in human rights issues.
Trade Mark Importance
Registration Procedures
Legal Protection Concepts
Unfair Competition
International & Comparative Law
International Agreements