Socialistic Brands A Unique Category of Vintage Brands

• Main Author: Rogowski, Mikolaj (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2017
• Series: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
• Subjects: grounds of revocation and cancelation of of trademarks; Trademark law; socialism; communism; cultural influence; semiotics; public policy
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Socialistic brands are signs with unique characteristics acquired through their use in particular historical circumstances. It is considered whether, decades after the fall of the iron curtain, the shared historical pedigree justifies different treatment of these signs. The author attempts to answer...