Significant Developments in Community Trade Marks and Design Law
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چکیده
The purpose of a trade mark is to enable the consumer to distinguish the goods and services offered to him by their original enterprise. In this respect a trade mark is a sign that can be perceived through any sense the consumer uses to communicate with the outside world. In principle, any message capable of being perceived by the senses can constitute an indication for the consumer to identify the message covered by the trade mark. “The consumer can memorise it and recall it whenever he is called upon to select the goods or to use the services so marked.
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