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Nov 06, 2012
Carly Mansell, Davies Collison Cave, Australia
First published in Law Lore & Practice

INN Stems in Trade Marks - Objections in Australia


Carly Mansell, Davies Collison Cave, Australia, First published in Law Lore & PracticeThe Australian Trade Marks Office has adopted a practice of automatically objecting to trade mark applications for pharmaceuticals, veterinary preparations or pesticides in class 5 that contain an INN stem on the basis that such marks are considered likely to deceive or cause confusion. International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) identify pharmaceutical substances or active pharmaceutical ingredients. Each INN is a unique name that is globally recognized, public property and is approved by the  read more