Concise European Trade Mark and Design Law

In an increasingly globalised and diversified marketplace, the importance of brands is ever growing. At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, intellectual property started to become truly European, first of all by harmonisation of national trademark and design laws and introduction of the first-ever trans-national trademark and design right, the Community trademark and the Community design. In the less than thirteen years of ECJ jurisprudence on issues of European trademark law, many traditional concepts have seen confirmation or - more frequently - modifications. Legal issues have arisen and continue to arise that, when the OHIM started operating in 1996, were not anticipated. The expansion of the European Union from 15 Member States in 1996 to currently 27 has triggered further discussion of pan-European trademark protection, its requirements and limitations. Concise European Trademark and Design Law aims to offer the reader a rapid understanding of the provisions of trademark and design law in force in Europe and features: Article-by-article commentary on the relevant European directives and regulations in the field of trademark and design rights Short and straightforward explanations of the principles of law to be drawn from each provision Editors and authors who are prominent specialists (academics and practitioners) in the field of European and international trademark and design law. "

About the Author :
Partner in the Amsterdam office of NautaDutilh, where he concentrates on patent and trade mark litigation. He is a part-time professor in IP law at Groningen University and has authored various IP handbooks. Charles is a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI) and acts as Chairman of the Special Committee on Biotechnology. He is the past President of the Dutch group of AIPPI; recently he has been appointed Member of honour of this association. Furthermore he is a member of the standing advisory committee to the Dutch Government on trade mark and design law. In 2006, Professor Charles Gielen received the INTA President Award, one of the highest honours given to intellectual property practitioners. Charles graduated from Tilburg University in 1971 and obtained his doctorate degree at Utrecht University in 1991. Partner in the Alicante office of Hogan Lovells, which she founded in 1996. She focuses on the law and practice of Community trade marks and Community designs and also manages trade mark and design portfolios extending beyond the EU. Verena is an active member of the International Trademark Association, where she currently chairs the Programs Committee, and of GRUR. She has authored and coauthored a number of books and articles dealing with European trade mark law and teaches European trade mark law at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center and the Magister Lucentinus at Alicante University. Verena received her law and doctorate degrees from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany.