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The Community Trade Mark

Overview of Contents
About the Community Trade Mark	The OHIM and the Community Trade Mark Ten Good Reasons for Using the Community Trade Mark
Practical Aspects	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) e-filing Forms and Explanatory Notes Goods and Services: Nice Classification - EUROACE Fees, Payment, Financial Information Guidelines Restriction, Amendment or Withdrawal Evidence of Use, Practice Note Representation before the OHIM: Amendments to the Community Trade Mark Regulation Communication No 2/03 of the President of the Office of 10 February 2003 concerning processing of authorisations by the Administration of Trade Marks and Designs Department Searches: For the attention of proprietors and representatives of CTM applications - Art 39(6) regarding the sending of search reports Report on the operation of the system of searches User's guide to inspection of files and copies
Legal Aspects	Regulations on the CTM - Amendments to the Community Trade Mark Regulation First Directive 89/104/EEC... to Approximate the Laws of the Member States Relating to Trade Marks National Law in the Field of Trade Marks Decisions of the Office Decisions - Communications of the President of the Office Decisions of the Presidium or the Authority of the Boards of Appeal European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance The Community trade mark courts States: - The EU Member States - Candidate Countries for EU Enlargement - Member States of the WTO - States Party to the Paris Convention - States Party to the Madrid Agreement and Protocol Counterfeiting and Piracy
Publications and Statistics	CTM Bulletin Official Journal OAMI News National Law Relating to the CTM Selected Instruments Relating to the CTM Weekly, Monthly, and Annual Statistics

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Relevant material

What does a trademark do?

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

Community Trade Mark

Threshold of registrability lowered

Flowchart example (UK)

EUROPEAN REGISTRATION

European Trade Marks Office (OHIM)

Names can be trademarked even if common

CHINA : Trademark Gets Lost in Translation

Trade marks

Trade marks - Community trade marks - confusion - phonetic similarities

PRACTICE DIRECTIONS

TRADE MARK - REGISTRATION - DISTINCTIVENESS OF TRADE MARK "DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES"

REVOCATION OF TRADE MARK REGISTRATIONS

Registrability of slogans as trade marks

TRADE MARKS - CONFUSION - UNITED - PRIOR REGISTRATION OF MANCHESTER UNITED

Grants towards legal costs: IP Wales

Bad faith test for trademark

Intellectual property - genuine use - market share

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