| Abstract [eng] |
Student – Laura Kardelienė Document type Master thesis Topic of a graduation work Analysis of interrelation between Community trade mark, national trademark and international registration of a mark. Academic advisor (Name, surname) Place and date of preparation Vilnius, 2007 Keywords: trade mark, national, European Community and international trade mark registration systems. Size of the work – 60 pages. Number of tables and figures in the work - 1 Number of information sources used in the work - 44 Schedules to the work – 5 The topicality of the work is determined by the fact that currently there are three registration systems: national, European Community, and international. Any person willing to register a mark has to make serious considerations which system to choose. It depends on a target area for sales or services, and surely on financial capabilities of a person, who wants to register a mark. After presentation of theoretical aspects of a trade mark, and analysis of singularities of community trade mark registration, national trade mark registration and international registration of a mark, as well as absolute refusal to register a mark or voiding a trade mark, the following summation is reached: national registration of a trade mark is possible along European Community trade mark registration, while international registration is only possible on the basis of national registration of a trademark or national application for a trade mark. In Lithuania it is possible to use all three levels of trade mark registration, whereas Lithuania is a competent member of European Community, and is a party to the Madrid Protocol. Separate registration systems are substantially alike, differ only by some procedural rules of registration. |
