International Trademark Classification 5e: A Guide to the Nice Agreement

ISBN-13: 9780198790303 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 528 str.

Jessie Roberts

Opis

International Trademark Classification: A Guide to the Nice Agreement provides practical guidance from a leading expert offering help for trademark and intellectual property attorneys on how to properly classify goods and services in trademark applications.

Using the structure of the forty five classes of goods and services adopted under the Nice Agreement, Jessie Roberts sets forth the Official text of Class Headings and the Explanatory notes for which goods and services are included / excluded from each class, before providing an examination of items in each class for which there are insufficient explanation.

This new edition provides an expanded chapter giving the background of the Nice Agreement where the author gives unique insight into the history and purpose of the Nice Agreement and how it is evolving over time. It is fully updated to coincide with the release of the 11th version of the Nice Agreement and provides a useful guide for an international market.

Recenzje

"It is a valuable resource and an excellent addition to any IP practitioners reference library." Jane F. Collen (The Trademark Reporter, September-October 2017)

O autorze

Jessie N. Roberts is currently with the law firm of Delos, LLC and provides consultation in the field of trademark classification and identification. She is a leading authority on the interpretation of the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks. Ms. Roberts served as the Administrator for Trademark Identification, Classification and Practice in the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She joined the USPTO as an Examining Attorney in 1981 and, in 1984, was promoted to the position of Senior Attorney. In 1987, Ms. Roberts became the Petitions and Classification Attorney in the Office of the Director of the Trademark Examining Groups.