New Book: Trademark Litigation - Jurisdictional Comparisons

Richard Mandel and Joel Schmidt of Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C., have authored the chapter on U.S. litigation in Thomson Reuters' recently-published book, Trademark Litigation - Jurisdictional Comparisons (2nd edition), part of its European Reference Series. The book may be purchased here. A pdf of the Mandel and Schmidt article may be downloaded here.

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This title:

• Explains the latest legislation and precedents involving trade mark litigation in over 30 jurisdictions
• Adopts a country-by-country approach, with content provided by expert practitioners from each of the jurisdictions, following a common format to allow straightforward comparisons
• Takes into account the enormous expansion of digital commerce and the growing roles of trade mark registration in fighting abuses on the internet
• Answers such questions as ‘can I oppose or cancel this trade mark?’ in a particular country, and the basis for taking such action – like national or supranational rights, and the procedures for doing so
• Sets out each country’s courts and administrative system
• Looks at the available enforcement options
• Goes through civil court procedure
• Identifies the available remedies
• Covers trade mark enforcement against metatag
• Examines unjustified threats of trade mark infringement
• Looks at conflicts between trade mark and domain name

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