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Trademarks in General

A trademark is a distinctive mark, which individualizes a product or service of a certain company and sets it apart from other products or services on the market. It is possible to gain an exclusive right to a trademark, either by registering it or by establishing it by using it in the course of trade.

Trademark capable of registration is a mark that can be presented in a clear and precise manner and which distinguishes the goods and services of a company from similar goods and services of other companies. Often, a trademark consists of a word but it may also be, for example, a figure or a number, a combination of letters, a slogan, a sound or a multimedia mark or a position mark. any other sign capable of graphical representation. Even mere colors have been registered as trademarks, although this is not very common. Thus, the types of symbols that can be registered as trademarks vary considerably.

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