Abstract:In the European Union Trademark law (EUTM), clear and precise subject‐matter of a trade mark is a prerequisite of proper filing and determines the conditions and scope of protection. Registration rules have evolved together with the meaning of this standard. The paper examines the legal status of position marks, which lacked their own registration specifics within initial EUTM, and thus were usually filed through other categories (figurative, colour, three‐dimensional), and contrasts this practice with the reg… Show more
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