The Confusion Test in European Trade Mark Law

ISBN-13: 9780199674336 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 320 str.

Ilanah Simon Fhima; Dev S. Gangjee

Opis

Historically, likelihood of confusion has been the core infringement test for trade mark law, and it remains the most frequently applied test in infringement actions by far. However, there are noticeable differences in how it is applied by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the General Court, and national courts; and questionable outcomes when it is applied in novel situations.
This book is the first comprehensive and systematic account of the confusion test within the harmonized European trade mark system. It considers how the test is applied by national trade mark registries across EU member states, by the Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM), by national courts, and by the CJEU. It offers practical guidance, while also evaluating the viability of more recent developments such as initial-interest confusion, post-sale confusion and consumer responses to uses of trade marks on the internet.
The book analyses three distinct strata of legal doctrine: the decisions of the CJEU, including the General Court; the extensive body of decisions by OHIM; and the application of harmonized trade mark law by courts of member states, focusing on leading decisions as well as wayward ones. It also draws upon the legal position in the US to illuminate these issues.

Recenzje

This is an important study that provides a detailed account of the test for confusion in European trade mark law. The long experience of the authors in thinking and writing about trade mark law shines through in every chapter and the result is a sophisticated account of the state of the law that is theoretically informed as well as comprehensive in its coverage.

O autorze

Ilanah Fhima is Reader in Intellectual Property Law and Co-director of the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law, Faculty of Laws, University College London. Dev Gangjee is Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.