This week’s topics
Trademark Law and Transnational Registration Systems
- Function and elements of protectable signs
- Distinctiveness, descriptiveness, and absolute grounds for refusal
- UK Trade Marks Act regime
- EU and Madrid System international registration frameworks
- Trademarks - Intellectual Property Office
- Changes to trade marks and designs after the transition period
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Trademarks
What you will be able to do
- 2.2 Evaluate trademark and its various elements to protect words and symbols.
- 2.4 Analyse the framework of trademark law as operated in the UK, Europe and internationally.
Activity
Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate trademark and its various elements to protect words and symbols.
Study materials
Videos
- Trademarks - Intellectual Property Office · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 24 min · for registered students
- Changes to trade marks and designs after the transition period · YouTube · Intellectual Property Office UK · 3 min · for registered students
- Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Trademarks · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 15 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Trade Marks Act 1994 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
- Making a Mark: An Introduction to Trademarks for SMEs (WIPO, 2017) · PDF · Wipo, guidance; 88 pages · for registered students
- Introduction to Intellectual Property, ch. 4: Trademark Basics · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 141–170 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
