Canada and United States of America
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Description
The Annex to this document contains a Study on Misappropriation of Signs prepared under the project on Intellectual Property and the Public Domain (CDIP/4/3/REV). This Study has been prepared by Mr. Martin Senftleben, Professor, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in collaboration with a group of international experts who prepared country and region reports. The Study explores the notion of “public domain” in relation to trademark law and includes a fact-based analysis of the trademark laws in different regions and countries. The document also contains a summary of the main findings of the reports and offers an impact assessment and concluding remarks addressing the question which criteria can be applied to determine the preferable strategy to prevent the misappropriation of common patrimony signs and the abusive appropriation of signs that should remain available for the public.
Source Publication
Study on Misappropriation of Signs
Source Editors/Authors
Martin Senftleben
Publication Date
2012
Recommended Citation
Beebe, Barton C., "Canada and United States of America" (2012). Faculty Chapters. 237.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/237
