Trademarks and Geographical Indications. 1. Each Party shall maintain a trademark classification system that is consistent with the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, as amended from time to time.
Trademarks and Geographical Indications. Each Party shall maintain a trademark classification system that is consistent with the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, as amended from time to time. Each Party shall provide high quality trademark rights through the conduct of examination as to substance and formalities and through opposition and cancellation procedures. Each Party shall protect trademarks where they predate, in its jurisdiction, geographical indications in accordance with its domestic law and the TRIPS Agreement. Each Party recognises that geographical indications may be protected through a trademark system.
Trademarks and Geographical Indications. 1. Each Party shall protect trademarks where they predate, in its jurisdiction, geographical indications in accordance with its domestic law and the TRIPS Agreement.
Trademarks and Geographical Indications. 6. Trademarks shall include service marks, collective marks and certification marks,7 and may include geographical indications.8
Trademarks and Geographical Indications. The IPR Chapter of the Agreement establishes rules concerning the protection of trademarks and geographical indications. For example, Parties must provide the owner of a registered trademark the exclusive right to prevent its use in the course of trade for related goods and services by any party not having the owner’s consent. The Chapter also sets out rules with respect to the registration of trademarks, including a provision that signs need not be visibly perceptible in order to be registered. Each Party must provide protection for trademarks, including protecting preexisting trademarks against infringement by later geographical indications. Furthermore, Parties are required to provide efficient and transparent procedures governing the application for protection of trademarks and geographical indications. The Chapter also provides for rules on domain name management that require a dispute resolution procedure to prevent trademark cyber-piracy.
Trademarks and Geographical Indications. 24. Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) 393 iv TABLE OF CONTENTS 25. Parties to the Madrid Protocol 411 26. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 415
