tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8751761982352088569..comments2024-03-29T13:59:42.629+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Friday fantasiesVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-33752797276418446592011-01-15T13:11:25.795+00:002011-01-15T13:11:25.795+00:00If we were simply talking about every-day trademar...If we were simply talking about every-day trademark abuse you would have a point. I would not consider the Coca Cola company liable for another firm flogging me their 3rd rate cola in a Coke-style get up.<br /><br />There are more important factors at stake here and if trademark enforcement is the way to deal with it then so be it. There is precedent for such action. Individuals infringing the Viagra trademark where sent to prison in the UK. This was not an action started by the TM holder to protect their brand, but was taken to maximise the penalty for counterfeit drug producers, who would otherwise have gotten off much more lightly.<br /><br />You wouldn't be impressed if a fake-police force turned up at your home to deal with a crime and then stole your belongings. If you knew the police had been aware for several months I think you'd be asking them to compensate you when your insurance refused to pay out.<br /><br />4 Months is a nice little vacation for a Director. Could only happen in the world of international NGO's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-51819011849123404892011-01-15T01:58:23.109+00:002011-01-15T01:58:23.109+00:00Oh dear Kat, I understand your frustration and ran...Oh dear Kat, I understand your frustration and rant. But please, please don't advance the notion that WIPO has any responsibility for reimbursing deceived parties! Please don't make us trademark owners suffer yet more abuse for failing to police our marks beyond the loss of significance and yea, even possibly, the loss of rights altogether!! Surely you did not mean that a humble trademark owner now, if not policing quickly enough, must pay for the the harm suffered by the snookered customer? Please don't say I must also be a surety against all the wrongdoers of the world who may choose to foist their evil ways on my mark merely because the Director is on vacation and I can't get someone to approve the complaint! Say it ain't so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-36047191948698134942011-01-14T23:34:10.027+00:002011-01-14T23:34:10.027+00:00The companies on the WIPD database are extracted f...The companies on the WIPD database are extracted from WIPO's database.<br /><br />I believe the two parties have been in mediation all week. Both are claiming to be the real world intellectual property administrator, but no-one can tell which one is telling the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com