International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition

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.