Tuesday, May 13, 2008

List of generic trademarks

普通名称化した商標一覧-wikipedia

List of generic trademarks-wikipedia

Lanham (Trademark) Act

Lanham (Trademark) Act- Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanham_Act

The Lanham (Trademark) Act (title 15, chapter 22 of the United States Code) is a piece of legislation that contains the federal statutes of trademark law in the United States. The Act prohibits a number of activities, including trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising.


Trademark infringement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark_infringement

Trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attaching to a trademark without the authorization of the trademark owner or any licensees (provided that such authorization was within the scope of the license). Infringement may occur when one party, the "infringer", uses a trademark which is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark owned by another party, in relation to products or services which are identical or similar to the products or services which the registration covers. An owner of a trademark may commence legal proceedings against a party which infringes its registration.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Patent

Patent (Wikipedia)

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.

Patent (Wiktionary)
  • French: brevet m.
  • German: Patent n.
  • Italian: brevetto m
  • Japanese: 特許 (tokkyo)
  • Spanish: patente m
USPTO
EPO
JPO
Google Patent Search

Intellectual property

Intellectual property (Wikipedia)

Intellectual property (IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical, literary, and artistic works; inventions; and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce, including copyrights, trademarks, patents, and related rights. Under intellectual property law, the holder of one of these abstract "properties" has certain exclusive rights to the creative work, commercial symbol, or invention which is covered by it.