Bendrijos prekių ženklų savininkų teisių gynimas
Butėnienė, Ieva |
Puišys, Rimtis | Recenzentas / Rewiewer |
Ravluševičius, Pavelas | Darbo gynimo komisijos narys / Thesis Defence Board Member |
Samuilytė, Aistė | Darbo gynimo komisijos narys / Thesis Defence Board Member |
Gabartas, Herkus | Darbo gynimo komisijos narys / Thesis Defence Board Member |
Soloveičikas, Deividas | Darbo gynimo komisijos narys / Thesis Defence Board Member |
Tamavičiūtė, Vitalija | Darbo gynimo komisijos narys / Thesis Defence Board Member |
Vėgėlė, Ignas | Darbo gynimo komisijos pirmininkas / Thesis Defence Board Chairman |
Pastaruoju metu galima pastebėti tendencingą prekių ženklo reikšmės didėjimą tiek vietinėje, tiek regioninėje, tiek ir tarptautinėje prekyboje, todėl kiekvienas prekių ženklo savininkas yra skatinamas skirti vis didesnį dėmesį tinkamam savo prekių ženklo valdymui bei apsaugai. Bendrijos prekių ženklo apsaugos sistema suteikia registruotam prekių ženklui apsaugą visoje Europos Sąjungos teritorijoje. Žymeniui, galinčiam tapti prekių ženklu ir naudotis Bendrijos prekių ženklo sistemos garantuojama apsauga, yra keliami gana aukšti grafinės išraiškos ir skiriamojo pobūdžio reikalavimai. Šie reikalavimai yra tenkinamai, jei žymens grafinė išraiška yra aiški, apibrėžta, išbaigta, lengvai prieinama, suprantama, ilgalaikė ir objektyvi, o žymens skiriamasis pobūdis leidžia aiškiai identifikuoti prekių ar paslaugų kilmę.
Recently it is possible to notice the tendentious increase of trade mark’s importance in local, regional and international market, therefore every trade mark proprietor shall be motivated to pay more and more attention to proper management and protection of their trade mark. Community Trade Mark’s Protection System provides the protection for the registered trade mark within the entirely territory of the European Union. Sign, capable of being a trade mark and using the guaranteed protection of the Community Trade Mark Protection System, shall follow the high requirements of graphical representation and distinctiveness. These requirements are fulfilled provided that the graphical representation is clear, precise, self-contained, easily accessible, intelligible and objective, where the distinctiveness of the sign allows clearly identify the origin of goods and services. Community Trade Mark proprietors may be every natural or legal person, including authorities established under public law. The rights of Community Trade Mark proprietor may be divided into the following main groups: (1) exclusive rights; and (2) ownership rights to the trade mark. The exclusive rights of the proprietor allows to prohibit all third parties without the permission of the proprietor from using in the course of trade the sign, which is identical or similar to the Community Trade Mark and which may confuse a consumer. When providing the proprietor of the trade mark with the respective rights, it is important to ensure the protection and enforcement of such rights. The proprietor of Community Trade Mark may enforce his rights under the administrative or judicial order. The enforcement of exclusive Community Trade Mark proprietor’s rights under the judicial order is entirely entrusted to the Community Trade Marks Courts, the territorial jurisdiction thereof shall be determined under the jurisdiction rules set forth in the Regulation 40/94. However the Community Trade Mark protection system is not sufficiently completed and unanimous. Regulation 40/94 is almost silent about the legal consequences that may arise in relation to the infringement of the trade mark proprietor’s rights, therefore many of the questions related to the protection of the rights, that are not stipulated in the Regulation, are left to be regulated by the national law of the Member States. This is recognised as the main limitation of this regional trade mark protection system.