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The Regulatory And Procedural Examination Of Trademarks In Saudi Arabia: Deficiencies In The Similarities Factor And The Registration Requirements, Abdulaziz Mohammad Aleiban
The Regulatory And Procedural Examination Of Trademarks In Saudi Arabia: Deficiencies In The Similarities Factor And The Registration Requirements, Abdulaziz Mohammad Aleiban
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The purpose of trademarks is to protect consumers from confusion between products and to support fair competition in the market. However, in Saudi Arabia, to determine the similarities between trademarks, the Trademark Registration Office relies on the class number, rather than the goods and services category. This is a prevailing issue in the Kingdom’s practice of trademark examination. Therefore, this dissertation investigates how improper understanding and application of Nice Classification by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Trademark Law and the Registration Office at the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property generate overlapping between goods and services. This study ascertains that there …
An Analysis Of Patent System And Antitrust Law Issues In Oled Display Industry: Focusing On The Patent Strategy For Securing Technologies And Materials, Meyoung Ju Joung
An Analysis Of Patent System And Antitrust Law Issues In Oled Display Industry: Focusing On The Patent Strategy For Securing Technologies And Materials, Meyoung Ju Joung
Maurer Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents an analysis of patent system and antitrust law issue in OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display industry focusing on the patent strategy for securing technologies and materials. Material patent holders of multinational companies wielding great market power in OLED industry have pursued a variety of strategic patenting including combination inventions and broadly claimed inventions to maintain their competitive position by extension of the market exclusively beyond the legitimate scope initially granted by the patent within the current regulatory framework. Recently, their questionable patents have been challenged through patent invalidation trials brought by prospective infringers, claiming that the …