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Harmful Trademarks / V. Moral thresholds – case law
Harmful Trademarks / V. Moral thresholds – case law
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Introduction
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1. Background
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2. Scope and geographical focus
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3. Legal focus
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4. Methodology
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5. Chapter outline
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15–31
I. Challenges of regulating immoral trademarks
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Introduction
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A. A concept of harm
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B. Appropriation of trademarks
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1. Are trademarks property?
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2. Are trademarks tools of expression?
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C. The uncertainty of legal certainty
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Conclusion
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II. The legal system for trademarks
32–50
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Introduction
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A. Development of trademark law
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B. Legal system
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1. Sources of trademark law
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a) Paris Convention
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b) National laws
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2. Trademark functions
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3. Registering trademarks
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C. Moral exclusions
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1. Legal origins
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2. Understanding ‘morality’ and ‘public order’
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3. Tackling the terminology
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Conclusion
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51–67
III. The trademark system of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
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Introduction
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A. Legal system, Shari’a law
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B. GCC IP Treaty Memberships
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C. Harmonisation
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D. Boycotts and banned goods
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1. Boycott (“prohibition to deal’) clause
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2. Banned items: products and services that cannot be trademarked
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E. Prospects for registrability in the GCC
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Conclusion
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IV. Dominant rationales in applying moral exclusions
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A. Rationales
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1. Concern that the public would be offended by the mark
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2. Direct application of the law
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3. A deeper concern about the power of a mark to erode the morals of society
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4. The government should not provide official sanction to offensive marks
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5. The government should not expend its time or financial resources to support marks that are contrary to the values of society
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B. The problem of deceptively innocuous marks: trademarks accepted in error
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Conclusion
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V. Moral thresholds – case law
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Introduction
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A. Harm taxonomy
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1. Inciting trademarks
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2. Offensive, Debasing or Erosionary trademarks
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3. Divisive trademarks
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B. Case examples – marks refused on morality or public order grounds in the GCC
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
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Appendix 1 – Survey of GCC law firms
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List of Works Cited
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Harmful Trademarks , page 82 - 92
V. Moral thresholds – case law
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Nadiya Farah
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doi.org/10.5771/9783845294568-82
ISBN print: 978-3-8487-5283-6
ISBN online: 978-3-8452-9456-8
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