Harmful Trademarks Towards a New Understanding of Moral Bars in GCC Registration

• Main Author: Farah, Nadiya (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2019
• Series: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
• Subjects: GCC registration; harm; Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC); moral bars; trademark law; immoral trademarks; harmful trademarks; trademark; new understanding; morality and public order; cultural norms
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Between 2013-2017, around 115 EU trademark applications were rejected on morality and public order grounds. In the GCC (six Arab and Islamic countries), anecdotal evidence suggests some refusals have bemused foreign applicants and highlighted cultural blindspots. In this context, this work examines...