Gone but not forgotten - fame and abandonment under Section 92(4)(b) of the Trade Marks Act
Publication Details
Kendall, C. N.,
&
Fitzgerald, T.
(2008).
Gone but not forgotten - fame and abandonment under Section 92(4)(b) of the Trade Marks Act.
Intellectual Property Forum, (73), 14-26.
Abstract
Issues relating to intellectual property attached to a given brand when companies are merging or are taken over and cease to use their brand name - in what circumstances will failure to use a brand name lead to loss of trade mark protection - if protection has been lost, will an action under s 52 of the Trade Practices Act protect intellectual property attached to that brand.
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Peer-reviewed
