Harmful Trademarks: Towards a New Understanding of Moral Bars in GCC Registration

Nadiya Farah

doi:10.5771/9783845294568

Zusammenfassung

Zwischen 2013 und 2017 wurden rund 115 EU-Markenanmeldungen aus Gründen der Moral und der öffentlichen Ordnung abgelehnt. Im Golf-Kooperationsrat (GKR; sechs arabische und islamische Länder) deuten Anekdoten darauf hin, dass einige dieser Ablehnungen ausländische Bewerber verwirrt und kulturelle blinde Flecken hervorgehoben haben. In diesem Zusammenhang wird in dieser Arbeit untersucht, wie drei arabische Golfstaaten, deren Hauptgesetzgeber das islamische Recht ist und die große Auswanderergemeinschaften haben, ein moralisches Verbot der Markenregistrierung auferlegen. Die Autorin stellt Vergleiche mit westlichen Rechtsordnungen an und untersucht drei Hauptfragen: 1) In welchem Umfang werden unmoralische oder grenzüberschreitende Marken/Waren in konservativen islamischen Ländern, die Markenrecht in Übereinstimmung mit dem Scharia-Recht anwenden, registriert? 2) Durch welche Argumentation werden Entscheidungen in dieser Hinsicht gesteuert? 3) Kann ein Begriff des „Schadens“ unser Verständnis der Macht von Marken und damit die von den Ländern festgelegten moralischen Schwellenwerte verbessern?

Die Autorin ist Expertin für Innovation und IP-Vermarktung. Während ihres Master-Studiums im Bereich des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes und des Wettbewerbsrechts in München entdeckte sie ihre Leidenschaft für das Markenrecht. Sie strebt nun eine Karriere im Bereich Markenrecht in Großbritannien an.

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Auflage: 1/2019
Copyrightjahr: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-5283-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-9456-8
Verlag: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Reihe: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC Studies
Band: 36
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 103
Produkttyp: Monographie

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1. 1. Background
2. 2. Scope and geographical focus
3. 3. Legal focus
4. 4. Methodology
5. 5. Chapter outline
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1. 1. A. A concept of harm
  2. 1. 1. Are trademarks property?
    2. 2. Are trademarks tools of expression?
  3. C. The uncertainty of legal certainty
2. Conclusion
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1. 1. A. Development of trademark law
  2. 1. 1. a) Paris Convention
      2. b) National laws
    2. 2. Trademark functions
    3. 3. Registering trademarks
  3. 1. 1. Legal origins
    2. 2. Understanding ‘morality’ and ‘public order’
    3. 3. Tackling the terminology
2. Conclusion
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1. 1. A. Legal system, Shari’a law
  2. B. GCC IP Treaty Memberships
  3. C. Harmonisation
  4. 1. 1. Boycott (“prohibition to deal’) clause
    2. 2. Banned items: products and services that cannot be trademarked
  5. E. Prospects for registrability in the GCC
2. Conclusion
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1. 1. 1. 1. Concern that the public would be offended by the mark
    2. 2. Direct application of the law
    3. 3. A deeper concern about the power of a mark to erode the morals of society
    4. 4. The government should not provide official sanction to offensive marks
    5. 5. The government should not expend its time or financial resources to support marks that are contrary to the values of society
  2. B. The problem of deceptively innocuous marks: trademarks accepted in error
2. Conclusion
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1. 1. 1. 1. Inciting trademarks
    2. 2. Offensive, Debasing or Erosionary trademarks
    3. 3. Divisive trademarks
  2. B. Case examples – marks refused on morality or public order grounds in the GCC
2. Conclusion
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Appendix 1 – Survey of GCC law firmsSeiten 95 - 96 Download Kapitel (PDF)
List of Works CitedSeiten 97 - 103 Download Kapitel (PDF)

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