10 years of TM5 Booklet
10 years of TM5 Booklet
Bad Faith Trademark
The issue of “bad-faith trademark filings” is a common problem in the world. “Bad faith filings” could refer, for example, to trademark filings by third parties to register the identical or similar trademarks of others in order to take advantage of the fact that the genuine trademark owners have not registered them.
Common Statistical Indicators
The purpose of this project is to develop and implement a process to regularly exchange statistics on the main variables of interest to the TM5 partners, and to make this information available to the public.
Common Status Descriptors
The TM5 “Common Status Descriptors” (“CST”) Project is designed to aid trademark right holders and other interested parties who may have dealings with two or more partner offices.
Once a national IP office receives an application to register a trademark, that office may assign any one of various “statuses” to that application (or to any resulting registration) depending, among other things, on:
Fraudulent Solicitations
The purpose of this project is to address scams occurring worldwide where trademark users receive misleading or fraudulent solicitations offering trademark services in exchange for payment, but the services are never rendered, or are rendered poorly, creating costs and frustration for trademark users.
ID List
The TM 5 “ID List Project” is designed to assist trademark right holders who seek trademark protection in multiple jurisdictions.
IT Support for Trademark Examination
This project is aimed at driving future development of image search systems available for figurative trademark examinations.
Non-Traditional Trademarks
This project is designed to improve and potentially harmonize the TM5 partners’ methods of searching and retrieving non-traditional trademarks. Thus, this project aims to assist trademark right holders or others who search national trademark registries in multiple jurisdictions
Raising Awareness about Trademark Infringement
Description of project Since the TM5 framework was launched, the TM5 Partners have worked together to address various trademark issues by developing trademark policies and measures. However, their focus has been rather on filing and examination of trademark applications from the perspective of the Offices. The substantial purpose of the trademark registration is ensuring trademark […]
TM5 Joint Communication Action
This project is designed to improve and potentially harmonize the TM5 partners’ methods of searching and retrieving non-traditional trademarks. Thus, this project aims to assist trademark right holders or others who search national trademark registries in multiple jurisdictions
TM5 Website
KIPO aims at developing and implementing a tool to share cooperation projects among the partner offices. The website will be regularly updated with information focusing on the purpose and function of the TM5. Concurrently, the website will disseminate information online to users and the general public.
TMview
This project aims to look at the possibilities of improving access to information related to trade marks. Our current strategy is to expand the current TMview platform by including data from the TM5 partners.