A *Mark, a distinctive visible sign, usually quoted as Trademark (TM), an expression which identifies the Trade of Goods and Services of a particular source.
18. Collective Mark
A trademark owned by
an organization or an
association.
Used by its members to
identify themselves with
the characteristics set by
the organization.
IPR
33. The Nice Classification
distinguishes the mark as
a Trademark or Service
Mark depending on the
goods or the service, the
mark is registered for.
IPR
34. The classification of goods
and services under Nice
Classification comprises of
total 45 classes.
Goods : 34 Classes.
Services : 11 Classes.
TRADEMARKIPR
35. GOOD’s:
CLASS 15 :
Musical Instruments.
Mechanical pianos and
their accessories.
Musical boxes.
Electrical and electronic
musical instruments.
TRADEMARKIPR
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36. Does not include apparatus
for recording, transmission,
amplification and
reproduction of sound.
TRADEMARKIPR
37. SERVICE : CLASS 38 :
Telecommunications.
Includes services allowing
at least one person to
communicate with another
by a sensory means.
IPR TRADEMARK
38. Services include those which:
1. Allow one person to talk to
another.
2. Transmit messages from
one person to another.
IPR
39. 3. Place a person in oral or
visual communication with
another such as radio and
television services which
consist essentially of the
diffusion of radio or
television programme’s.
Does not include Radio
Advertising.
IPR
40. TRADEMARK PROTECTION
Trademark protection can
be obtained by filing an
application through the
National or Regional
Trademark office by
paying the requisite fees.
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41. International Trademark
Protection can be obtained
by filing an application with
the trademark office of the
country where the protection
is sought using the Madrid
System or Madrid Protocol.
TRADEMARK PROTECTIONIPR
42. Madrid System facilitates
the convenience for
registering and managing
trademarks worldwide.
TRADEMARK PROTECTIONIPR
43. The MADRID PROTOCOL
facilitates for obtaining
trademark registration by
filing a single application
through the National or
Regional Trademark Office.
The trademark protection can
be obtained in 114 countries.
TRADEMARK PROTECTIONIPR
44. Trademark registration can
be applied by a natural or
a domiciled citizen or a
person having an
industrial or a commercial
establishment in any of the
114 member countries.
TRADEMARK PROTECTIONIPR
47. The period of trademark
protection is for 10
years and subsequently
renewed for indefinite
period.
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48. Unauthorized usage of
trademark on products or
services that do not
compete with and have
little or no connection
with those of the original
trademark owner.
Trademark DilutionIPR
52. A sign used on goods
that have a specific
Geographical Origin
and possess qualities
or reputation due to
the place of origin.
GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONIPR
53. The product quality
may be based on
knowledge of
Traditional Methods
used in making the
product.
IPR
54. The use of a
Geographical Indication
acts as a certification.
IPR
55. The right to use a
Geographical Indication
certification belongs to
producers of goods in
the defined geographical
area, who comply with
the specific conditions
towards the production
of the product.
IPR
57. ●
Not limited to Agricultural
Products or Alcoholic
Beverages.
●
Products of Specific
Qualities, Manufacturing
Skills and Traditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONIPR
66. Geographical Indication
Protection may be
requested by a producer
or producers of the
product identified.
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67. The producers may be an
organized entity, a
cooperative body or an
association, which
represents the producers
of the product and ensures
that the product fulfills the
requirements agreed upon
and adheres to the criteria.
GIIPR
68. The protection may also
be requested by a
competent national
authority, a local
government authority,
the national or regional
patent office.
GIIPR
69. In some countries the
function of granting GI
protection is carried out
by a special body
responsible for GI
protection.
Copyright or Industrial
Property or Intellectual
Property Offices.
IPR
70. A Geographical Indication
right prevents its use by a
third party whose product
does not conform to the
applicable standards.
IPR
71. The jurisdiction in which the
Darjeeling Tea is protected,
the producers of Tea can
exclude use of the term
Darjeeling for Tea not grown
in their tea gardens or not
produced according to the
standards set in the code of
practice for the Geographical
Indication.
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72. A protected Geographical
Indication does not forbid
the holder in preventing
someone from making a
product using the same
techniques as those set in
the standards for that
indication.
IPR
76. The protection for a
registered Geographical
Indication remains valid
unless the registration is
canceled.
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78. Geographical Indication
protection for goods or
products registered
under collective or
certification marks are
generally protected for
ten-year renewable
periods.
IPR
79. A Geographical Indication
cannot be assigned or
licensed outside the
Geographical Jurisdiction
or to a person not
belonging to the group of
authorized producers.
IPR
80. A GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATION of a
SOURCE can be defined
as an indication referring
to a country or a place in
a country or the place of
origin of a product.
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82. Indications of the source
on a product are the
mention of the name of a
country or indications
such as Made in India or
Product of India.
IPR
83. Consumers pay more
attention to the geographical
origin of the products and
many care about specific
characteristics present in the
products when they buy.
IPR
84. The Place of Origin
suggests to the
consumers that the
product will have a
particular quality or
characteristic that
they may value.
IPR
85. Geographical Indication
(GI) function’s as a product
differentiator in the market,
by enabling consumers to
distinguish between
products with geographical
origin-based characteristics
and others without those.
IPR
86. Geographical Indications
can be a key element in
developing collective
brands for quality-
bound-to-origin of
products.
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87. Protecting a Geographical
Indication (GI) helps
those who have the right
to use the indication to
take measures against
those who use it without
permission and benefit
from its reputation.
IPR
89. Geographical Indication
if not protected, it could
be used without
restriction, diminishing
its value and eventually
losing it.
IPR
90. Protecting a GI is a way
to prevent registration of
the indication as a
trademark by a third
party and limiting the risk
of the indication
becoming a generic term.
IPR
91. GI’s backed up by business
management, can bring with
them:
●
Competitive advantage
●
More added value to a product
●
Increased export opportunities
●
A strengthened brand.
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95. APPELLATION OF ORIGIN
Geographical Indication
and Appellation of Origin
require a qualitative link
between the product to
which they refer and its
place of origin.
IPR
96. GI and AO inform
consumers about a
product’s geographical
origin and a quality or a
characteristic of the
product linked to its
place of origin.
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97. The basic difference
between GI and AO
concepts is that the link
with the place of origin
must be stronger in the
case of an Appellation
of Origin.
IPR
98. The quality or
characteristics of a
product protected as
an appellation of origin
must result exclusively
or essentially from its
geographical origin.
IPR
99. In case of Appellation of
Origin the raw material
should be sourced in the
place of origin and that
the processing of the
product should also take
place at the source of
origin of the raw material.
IPR
100. In the case of GI, a single
criterion attributable to
geographical origin is
sufficient – be it a quality
or other characteristic of
the product – or its
reputation.
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