The Role Of Intellectual Property Protection in Defense Industry

Under TRIPS Agreement Article 15, trademark has defined as “Any sign, or any combination of signs, capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings, shall be capable of constituting a trademark. Such signs, in particular words including personal names, letters, numerals, figurative elements and combinations of colours as well as any combination of such signs, shall be eligible for registration as trademarks. Where signs are not inherently capable of distinguishing the relevant goods or services, Members may make registrability depend on distinctiveness acquired through use. Members may require, as a condition of registration, that signs be visually perceptible”.…

The article clarifies the types of signs which can be considered as trademarks or…

Although trademarks traditionally attributed to individual enterprises as the origin…