This essay focuses on trademark rights. Brief that case using FIRAC format. Then, in a 3-page paper, analyze the court’s decision and state reasons, in your own words, why you agree or disagree with the court’s holding in the case.

trademark rights

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Locate a  litigation case (where a company has sued to enforce trademark rights, and/or has sued as a result of copyright infringement).

Brief that case using FIRAC format.

Then, in a 3-page paper, analyze the court’s decision and state reasons, in your own words,

why you agree or disagree with the court’s holding in the case.

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark^[1]) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design,

or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others,^[2][3] although trademarks use to identify services are usually called service marks.^[4][5]

The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity.

A trademark may be locate on a package, a label, a voucher, or on the product itself.

For the sake of corporate identity, trademarks are often display on company buildings.

It is legally recognize as a type of intellectual property.

The first legislative act concerning trademarks was pass in 1266 under the reign of Henry III,

requiring all bakers to use a distinctive mark for the bread they sell.

The first modern laws emerged in the late 19th century.

In France, the first comprehensive  system in the world was pass into law in 1857.

The Trade Marks Act 1938 of the United Kingdom change the system,

permitting registration base on “intent-to-use”, creating an examination based process,

and creating an application publication system.