Course Descriptions
Autumn Term
T-401
Introduction to European Trademark Legal Systems
Survey of the overlapping trademark legal systems in Europe including national, regional and international trademark registration
T-402
European Trademark Law
Principles of trademark law including the law of passing-off, protection of well-known and famous marks, dilution, detriment, and unfair advantage, legal requirements for trademark protection, trademark litigation, judicial remedies, trademark licenses and transactions
T-403
European Trademark Registration
Principles of trademark registration including distinctiveness, descriptive marks, graphical marks, sounds, colors, slogans, service marks, trade dress, celebrity marks, morality and public decency, legal requirements for registrability
T-404
Trademark Infringement & Legal Defense
Principles of trademark infringement including identical and similar marks, non-infringing acts, statutory defense, comparative advertising, doctrine of exhaustion of rights, fair use, likelihood of confusion
Winter Term
T-405
Community Trademark (CTM) Law
Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community Trade Mark
T-406
Community Trademark (CTM) Registration
Procedural aspects of trademark registration pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community Trade Mark
T-407
Opposition & Cancellation Proceedings before the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)
Procedural aspects of trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community Trade Mark
T-408
International Trademark Registration Pursuant to the MADRID AGREEMENT and MADRID PROTOCOL
Legal history of the “Madrid Agreement Concerning The International Registration of Marks” of 1891 and the the administrative apparatus subsequently implemented by the “Protocol Relating To The Madrid Agreement” of 1996, procedures and rules governing international trademark registration
Spring Term
T-409
International Trademark Law
International treaties including the Paris Convention on the Protection of Industrial Property, the Madrid Agreement and Madrid Protocol, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Law (TRIPs), the Trademark Law Treaty; Regional treaties including the Benelux Treaty on the Uniform Trade Mark Law, the Community Trade Mark (CTM) Regulation and the Council Directive 89/104
T-410
European Trademark Case Law
Judicial decisions by the European Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, and the European Free Trade Association Court
T-411
Geographical Indications
Protected designations of origin (PDOs) and geographical indications (PGIs), Council Regulation 2081/92 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs, and Council Regulation 2082/92 on the protection of processed foods
T-412
Domain Names, Trademarks and the Internet
International agreements governing allocation of domain names and the use of trademarks on the Internet