Trade mark glossary
Trademark Glossary
There are numerous technical terms in trademark law. We explain these in our Trademark Glossary.
Term | Main definition |
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Damage | see Damages |
Damages | The trademark owner can assert various claims against an infringer, including damages. |
Defense of use | If the defense of use is effectively raised by another person/party, you must prove genuine, right-preserving use of your trademark by way of appropriate documents. If you fail to do so, you will not be able to successfully enforce your trademark right against the other party. An admissible defense of use requires among other things that the grace period of use of trademark whose use has been contested has expired. |
Design mark | see three-dimensional mark |
Design patent | see Design |
Design protection | Design protection is available for two- dimensional or three-dimensional designs of a product. |
Destruction | Trademark owners can assert various claims against an infringer, including the destruction of the products that infringe their trademark. |
Distinctive character | Distinctive character means that the mark can identify the goods/services as coming from a particular business in such a way that they can be distinguished from goods/services of other businesses. |
Domain | is, simply put, an address on the Internet. It frequently contains the company name or a trademark. |
DPMA | German Patent and Trade Mark Office, which is competent in particular for national German trademark applications. |
Duration | see Protection period or Processing time |
For additional information see our FAQ or our Trademark Glossary.
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