Features of Extraterritorial Protection of Trademarks

Abstract

The paper examines the phenomenon of extraterritoriality in the legal protection of trademarks. The author highlights the signs of extraterritorial regulation of relations related to the protection of trademark rights, namely, signs of national extraterritorial regulation and signs inherent in international legal models of legal protection of trademarks, such as legal protection of well-known trademarks, legal protection of trademarks that have received an international registration, regional integration models of legal protection of a trademark (trademarks of the EU, EAEU, etc.). As a common feature for all extraterritorial mechanisms, the author proposes to single out the principle of priority of trademarks. For the mechanism of protection of a trademark that has received an international registration and for regional models of trademark protection, the author singles out the need for all the patent offices of all states where protection is sought to approve an application form for the trademark registration and the existence of uniform norms common to all parties to an international agreement. The author of the paper does not exclude the possibility of overcoming the territorial principle and reducing possible infringements in the field of trademark protection.