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Identify the incorrect statement

Q1. Identify the incorrect statement

 

1)    A trademark is a sign  capable  of  distinguishing  the  goods  or  services  produced or provided by one enterprise from those of other enterprises.

2)    Registration of a trademark is a compulsory requirement to  protect  its  marks  around the world.

3)    Registration of a trademark is generally valid  for  10  years,  and  it  may  be  renewed indefinitely provided renewal fees are paid in time.

4)    A trademark provides protection to the owner of  the  mark  by  ensuring  the exclusive right to use it to identify  goods  or  services,  or to  authorize  another  to use it in return for payment.

Answer : 3)

Trademark protection can be  obtained  through  registration  or,  in  some  countries,  also through use.  For  example,  trademark  rights  are  initially  created  automatically  by using the trademark in commerce in  all  common  law  countries,  such  as  the  U.S.A, UK, India, etc. Even though trademarks are protected through use,  it  is  advisable to register a trademark, as registration  provides  much  stronger  protection and make it much easier for the trademark owner to prove its case in court.

 

Q2. Identify the incorrect statement

1)  Designers should file an application before the national office in order to register  a design.

2)  An industrial design provides its owner  the  exclusive  right  to  prevent  unauthorized copying or imitation by third parties.  This  includes  the  right  to  exclude all others from making, offering, putting  on  the  market,  importing, exporting, using, selling, or stocking for such purposes by others  of  product  in  which the design is incorporated or to which it is applied.

3)  An industrial design may protect the structural of functional features of an  article of manufacture.

4)   In most countries, registration is compulsory  to  protect  a  creative  design. However, some countries protect an unregistered design for a short period.

Answer : 3)

An industrial design protects  the  ornamental  appearance  of  a  goods,  not  its structural or functional features. An article protected under  an  industrial  design  law must be primarily ornamental and not primarily functional. Therefore, to  obtain  exclusivity over the functional improvements  of  a  product,  you  may  apply  for  a  patent or utility model protection. However, in determining  whether  a  design  is  primarily functional or primarily ornamental, the claimed  design  is  viewed  in  its  entirety, not on a feature-by-feature basis. It is often the case that a new product combines functional improvements  with  innovative  aesthetic  features.  In  such  a  case, it would be better to  apply  for  the  protection  of  both  a  patent  and  an  industrial design.

 

Q3. Identify the incorrect statement:

1)   A proposed word mark must be easy to read, spell, pronounce and remember.

2)   A proposed mark should not be identical or confusingly similar to existing marks in the relevant category of products.

3)   A proposed mark should be descriptive of the product or of one or more its key features so that customers are be able to easily associate the mark with the product

4)   A proposed mark should not have any undesirable or negative connotations in any of the relevant languages in the domestic or export markets.

Answer: 3)

A mark which is descriptive of the product to which it pertains cannot help in differentiating it from identical or similar products offered by  competitors  in  the market place. Further, monopoly over descriptive terms constrains the legitimate desire of competitors to use ordinary works to describe the characteristics of the products while advertising the products. The strongest marks are those which are coined or "fanciful" words followed by marks that use words that have a meaning  which has no relation to the product they advertise.

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