Funkcjonalność techniczna i estetyczna jako przeszkoda rejestracji

Znaki towarowe i ich ochrona / redaktor Ryszard Skubisz. Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck, 2019, s. 15-38.

Znaki towarowe i ich ochrona

Współautorstwo: Skubisz, Ryszard

Warszawa : Wydawnictwo C. H. Beck, 2019

Seria: Monografie Prawnicze / Wydawnictwo C.H. Beck

ISBN 9788381588959;

XXXIV, 396 stron. Bibliografia na stronach XIX-XXXIV. Indeks.

Zawiera częściowo materiały z konferencji, 8-9 czerwca 2018 r., Lublin.

Why is the Functionality Doctrine in Trade Mark Law worth Advanced (Re)Consideration?

Contemporary Central & East European Law 2019, nr 1, s. 43-54.

This article considers the necessity of preparing a comprehensive study, over absolute refusal grounds pertaining to functional signs set in the EU trademark law, which would meet the business community’s need to register non-traditional trade marks. The study aims to define the exact scope of the aforementioned exclusions through objective criteria that can render them a workable tool, distinct from refusal grounds pertaining to distinctiveness, and able to solve problems of overlapping rights. As its specific research methodology, the study adopts comparative results coming from the US trade dress functionality doctrine, and a specific input offered from a ‘law and economics’ perspective, including competition rules related to market definition and substitutability of products.

Trade marks' functionality in EU Law : expected new trends after the Louboutin case

European Intellectual Property Review 2019, t. 41, nr 2, s. 98-106.

This article explores the possible impact of new functional provisions set in EU trade mark law on the validity of existing rights conferred under the previous body of law. The starting point is given by the CJEU ruling and opinions of Advocate General delivered in the Louboutin case. The analysis touches important issues of interpretation, such as retroactive application of new law, type of signs caught by functional exclusions, and suggestions to take into consideration a time factor which may change the status of product features at issue, depending on evolving consumers’ expectations.

Alternative products as a factor in determining the functionality of trade marks : how the criteria from the USfunctionality doctrine could be applied in EU law

Is intellectual property pluralism functional? / edited by Susy Frankel. Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019, s. 178–205.