Intellectual Property Law Notes PDF

Legal aspects of the protection of intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright) 授课教师：Moritz Griesel 制作人：邹挺嘉；金妙妙；付馨醇；段嘉玲 Intellectual Property Law Notes Intellectual Property Law Notes ..................................................................................

Legal aspects of the protection of intellectual property (patent, trademark, copyright) 授课教师：Moritz Griesel 制作人：邹挺嘉；金妙妙；付馨醇；段嘉玲 Intellectual Property Law Notes Intellectual Property Law Notes .........................................................................................................................1 Part 1 知识产权法总体概述 .................................................................................................................................4 1. Introduction （引入部分，了解即可） ....................................................................................................4 1.1 Which rights are to be distinguished? ...............................................................................................4 1.2 Subject of property rights ..................................................................................................................4 1.3 Systematization Intellectual Property law （框架了解即可） .....................................................4 2. Basic Principles ...............................................................................................................................................5 2.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................5 2.2 Economic Principles (1) ......................................................................................................................5 2.2 Economic Principles (2) ......................................................................................................................5 2.2 Economic Principles (3) ......................................................................................................................5 3. General regulatory principles .........................................................................................................................6 4. General regulatory aspects to consider ..........................................................................................................6 Part 2 Trademark Law ............................................................................................................................................7 I. Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................7 II. Overview 大纲 ...............................................................................................................................................7 1. Chart: Distinctive signs （该表为索引作用） ............................................................................................8 2. General Information 基本信息......................................................................................................................9 2.1 Why do we need trademark protection? 保护商标的原因 ...........................................................9 2.2 What functions does trademark protection serve? 商标保护有哪些功能？ ............................ 10 3. Legal Sources ............................................................................................................................................... 10 4. Different types of trademarks and their functions ...................................................................................... 11 5. Preconditions, scope and restrictions of the protection of trademarks (2)................................................. 18 5.1 Subject of protection of the property right, Sec 3 (1) TMA ............................................................ 18 5.2 Special grounds for exclusion from protection under Sec 3 (2) TMA ................................................ 18 5.3 Proprietors of filed and registered trademarks, Sec. 7 TMA........................................................... 20 5.4 The representability of the mark in the register, Sec 8(1) TMA ...................................................... 20 5.5 Absolute grounds for refusal, Sec 8 (2) TMA .................................................................................. 21 5.6 Absolute grounds for refusal, Sec 10 TMA...................................................................................... 23 5.7 Relative grounds for refusal, Sec.9 et seqq TMA ............................................................................ 24 5.8 Registration and publication, Sec 41 TMA ...................................................................................... 24 6. Existence and cancellation of the trademark .............................................................................................. 25 6.1 Registered trademark ..................................................................................................................... 25 6.2 Used mark ....................................................................................................................................... 26 7. Scope of protection .................................................................................................................................. 26 7.1 General requirement, Sec 14(1) TMA ............................................................................................. 26 7.2 Specific requirement, Sec 14(2) TMA ............................................................................................. 28 7.3 Limitations on Trademark rights through uses permitted by law ................................................... 30 7.4 Legal consequences of infringement of a trademark right ............................................................. 33 8. Transfer, exploitation and licenses ............................................................................................................... 33 8.1 Transfer ........................................................................................................................................... 33 8.2 Licenses ........................................................................................................................................... 34 9. The Union trademark ................................................................................................................................... 35 Part. 3 copy right ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 1 introduction........................................................................................................................................................... 36 1.1 Function of the copyright law regime ........................................................................................................ 36 1.2 Parties and their interests ........................................................................................................................... 37 1.3 “Urheberrecht” vs. copyright ..................................................................................................................... 38 1.4 Copyright in the European Union .............................................................................................................. 39 1.5 Copyright and tangible goods .................................................................................................................... 40 2 The work as an object of protection...................................................................................................................... 41 2.1 Term........................................................................................................................................................... 41 2.2 Personal creation........................................................................................................................................ 41 2.3 Intellectual content..................................................................................................................................... 42 2.4 (Tangible) Shape........................................................................................................................................ 42 2.5 Types of work, Sec 2 (1) GCA .................................................................................................................. 43 3 Authorship ............................................................................................................................................................ 45 3.1 General Principle ....................................................................................................................................... 45 3.2 Employee ................................................................................................................................................... 45 3.3 Ghostwriter ................................................................................................................................................ 46 3.4 Presumption of authorship ......................................................................................................................... 46 3.5 Co-authorship, Sec 8 GCA ........................................................................................................................ 46 4 Scope of protection + rights of use (1) ................................................................................................................. 47 4.1 General Principle ....................................................................................................................................... 47 4.2 Relationship between moral rights and exploitation rights ........................................................................ 47 4.3 Moral rights, Sec 11 et seqq GCA ............................................................................................................. 48 4.4 Exploitation rights, Sec 15 et seqq GCA ................................................................................................... 49 4.5 Right of communication to the public ....................................................................................................... 50 4.5.1 权利用尽原则（Exhaustion Doctrine）★★★........................................................................... 50 4.5.2 Right of communication to the public ............................................................................................ 53 2. limitations to copyrights protection 版权保护的限制 ....................................................................................... 56 5.1 general principles ....................................................................................................................................... 56 5.2 Time-related limitations 时间限制 ........................................................................................................... 57 5.3 Content-related limitations ........................................................................................................................ 57 3. Succession to copyright （不重要） ................................................................................................................. 60 4. related rights 相邻权 .......................................................................................................................................... 61 7.1 General principles ...................................................................................................................................... 61 7.2 Single related rights ................................................................................................................................... 61 考试要求： ............................................................................................................................................................. 65 Part 1 General overview of intellectual property law 1. (The scope of the examination for this course is the trademark law and copyright law sections; the patent law section is not examined.) However, in order to prevent the omission of knowledge points, an overview of intellectual property law in general, as mentioned in the first lesson, has been included.) 2. Introduction （Introductory part, just know it） 1.1 Which rights are to be distinguished? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Property Right (Sec 903 G Civil Code) = Ownership of the tangible object Design = appearance of the product Ownership to design the appearance of the product Trademark = product name as word / imageword combination / image Corporate Identity (corporate logo) Patent / Registered design = technical solution Copyright = personal intellectual creation [Copyright = protection of an individual's intellectual creations] Protection of know-how? = Trade secret? (Proprietary technology? Trade secrets?) 1.2 Subject of property rights A. Commercial property rights (or business property rights) a. Technical property rights based on intellectual & industrial creation for commercial purposes E.gPatent, Registered Design Purpose of technological property rights based on intellectual and industrial creation for commercial purposes: patents, registered designs b. Labeling rights E.g- Trademark, Business designations, title protection rights （Labeling rights, e.g., trademarks, trade names, property protection rights） c. Aesthetic creations rights E.g - Design B. Copyrights Protection of intellectual creation based on cultural achievement E.g- Copyright 【Summary】 Commercial property rights, that is, patents or trademarks, must exist for commercial purposes, i.e., for commercial use; however, Copyrights do not need to exist for commercial purposes, i.e., they do not need to be used for commercial use, and they can exist independently. 1.3 Systematization Intellectual Property law （understanding the framework is enough） 3. Basic Principles 2.1 Introduction ➢ ➢ ➢ Intellectual Property Law / Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Objective approach: area of law that constitutes and shapes rights of disposal of intangible goods Subjective approach: IPRs assign an intangible good to a person for his or her exclusive use - absolute + subjective private rights + negative dimension + positive dimension Absolute + subjective private rights + negative dimensions + positive dimensions 【Summary】absolute refers to acts against anyone. Negative attribute: exclusion of others from use; positive attribute: use at one's own discretion IPRs require a balance between the interests of society and the interests of the individual with IPRs. 2.2 Economic Principles (1) 2.2 Economic Principles (2) ➢ ➢ Intangible Goods (Intangible commodities) - Objects of economic or ideal value, which don’t have a physical presence Why do we need regulation? - Problem 1: Information can be used in many places at the same time - Problem 2: Information is non-exclusive (is non-exclusive) - Problem 3: Information does not deteriorate (not consumed by use) 2.2 Economic Principles (3) ➢ Result: Property-Rights-Theory - Exclusive rights are required to put information to its most useful use (to make the most effective use of information)，There must be exclusivity rights ✓ Exclusive rights of the use of information are assigned to individuals ✓ Thus, exclusivity of the intangible good is “only” artificially created ➢ Follow-up Problem: Intellectual Property Law The individual’s interest in the protection of the information vs. the public interest in the dissemination of the information Intellectual Property Law (The individual interest in the protection of information, together with the public interest in the dissemination of information, forms the basis of intellectual property law.)