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In IPR village, is Madrid Protocol a Desideratum? . Speaker - Nettaya Warncke of Domnern Somgiat & Boonma Law Office Bangkok. PARADISE. BRAND NAME CULTURE. Consumers queuing up in front of Prada shop in Tokyo. SEDUCTION OF BRANDS. First Thai Trademarks Act 1931.
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In IPR village, is Madrid Protocol a Desideratum? Speaker - Nettaya Warncke of Domnern Somgiat & Boonma Law Office Bangkok
OAPI Organization Africain de la Propriete Intelectuelle aka AIPO African Intellectual Property Organization Members 16 French Speaking African Countries
ARIPO African Regional Industrial Property Organization Members 15 English Speaking African Countries
ASEAN 10 Countries AWGIPC ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Co-operation
EC European Community of Trademarks
Madrid Union Members (84) 27 October 2008 Agreement only 6Protocol only 25Agreement and Protocol 50 (Including EC)
Madrid Union Members (84) 27 October 2008 http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/members Madrid System 50 PROTOCOL & AGREEMENT Albania , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan , Belarus , Belgium , Bhutan , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , China , Croatia , Cuba , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , France , Germany , Hungary , Iran ( Islamic Republic of ) , Italy , Kenya , Kyrgyzstan , Latvia , Lesotho , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Monaco , Mongolia , Montenegro , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Netherlands , Poland , Portugal , Republic of Moldova , Romania , Russian Federation , San Marino, Serbia , Sierra Leone , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Swaziland , Switzerland , Syrian Arab Republic , Republic of Macedonia , Ukraine , Viet Nam 25 PROTOCOL ONLY Antigua and Barbuda , Australia , Bahrain , Denmark , Estonia , European Community , Finland , Georgia , Ghana , Greece , Iceland , Ireland , Japan , Madagascar , Norway , Oman , Republic of Korea , Sao Tome and Principe , Singapore , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom , United States of America , Uzbekistan , Zambia 6 AGREEMENT ONLY Algeria , Egypt , Kazakhstan , Liberia , Sudan , Tajikistan
TrademarkAbsolute GroundsTrademark Board’s Decision No. RAMBO Descriptive of farm machines 547/2537 because the movie hero named RAMBO signifies strength BON GIORNO Descriptive of clothing articles 601/2538 because the mark means good day-light ASIAN PULSE Descriptive of broadcasting 1282/2539 services, it tells about the heartbeat of Asia
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN similar to ALEXANDER NICOLETIE Co-existence refused in I.C. 25 Trademark Board’s Decision No. 1335/2548
BUDGET not similar to BUDJET Co-existence allowed in I.C. 16 Due to different goods Trademark Board ‘s Decision No. 975/2548
DIGA similar to TIGA Trademarks Board Decision No. 222/2551
CONCERT Supreme Court Decision No. 3549/2541
TrademarkAbsolute GroundsTrademark Board’s Decision No. NETBURST Descriptive of computer 1091/2544 hardware and software XSCALE Descriptive of computer 1552/2544 Programs TRUSTY Descriptive of pet food 1294/2542 I-MODE Descriptive of 398/2546 communication services
Statistics of Trademark Application and Registration Department of Intellectual Property
Countries of the world by alphabetical order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://www.listofcontriesoftheworld.com ( Jan 19, 2009 )
INDIAN Ratio Local 5 Foreign 1