| Description |
cxlix, 1111 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Introduction -- Statutory definition of a trade mark -- Ownership -- The Register and registration procedure -- Signs that are registrable -- Grounds for rejecting an application -- Comparison of trade marks -- Goods or services of the same description -- Concurrent user -- Conditions, limitations and disclaimers -- Grounds of opposition -- Certification and collective trade marks -- Defensive trade marks -- Amendment, cancellation and revocation of registration -- Removal for non-use -- Assignment -- Licensing of trade marks -- Infringement -- Parallel importing -- Passing off -- Instances of passing off -- Competition and Consumer Act 2010 -- Groundless threats of proceedings -- Trade marks and electronic commerce -- Court proceedings -- Penal offences and customs seizure -- Appendix - Contrasted trade marks and names |
| Summary |
Summary: The fifth edition of this seminal work offers a fully revised analysis of the law of trade marks and passing off in Australia. Necessarily the text synthesises and explores the significant changes in trade mark law in the years since the last book edition, in the context of both domestic and international developments. It also explores developments in the law of passing off and its legislative equivalents |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: Lawbook Co., 2008 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Product counterfeiting -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Trademarks -- Law and legislation -- Australia.
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Trademarks -- Australia.
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| Author |
Horak, Ian, Barrister, author
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Gummow, W. M. C. (William M. C.), The Hon Justice, writer of foreword
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| ISBN |
9780455229997 (hardback) |
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0455229996 (hardback) |
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