Certification MarksSweet & Maxwell, 2002 - 153 pages Certification of web sites plays an important role in Internet security. A certification mark is a guarantee that goods or services, in connection with which the mark is used, comply with certain standards. Certification marks are classed as a special category of trade mark. While they have existed under US and UK law, and the laws of many European and other countries, for almost 100 years, there is currently no publication focusing specifically on the subject. Certification Marks discusses the current state of law in this area, placing it in an historical and commercial context. Particular effort is made to examine several unresolved issues which look set to play important roles in the future, especially EU certification and harmonisation and electronic certification. |
Contents
Chapter | 1 |
ELEMENTS OF STATUTORY PROTECTION | 19 |
The Proprietor is Excluded from | 32 |
4 | 41 |
Product Liability Distinguished From Product Safety | 47 |
Abolition of the Privity | 56 |
United States Perceptions of Tortious Negligence | 62 |
Summary and Conclusion | 68 |
6 | 86 |
86 | 111 |
AUTHENTICATION OF DIGITAL PRODUCTS | 115 |
Appendix | 129 |
Common terms and phrases
Agreement amended application approval authentication authorised user bodies CE mark CENELEC certification and collective certification mark certifier's Chap characteristics codes of practice collective mark Collective Trade Mark commercial compliance conformity assessment consumer contract Court damage defendant digital signatures digital watermarks electronic European example Filed Furthermore GATT geographical indications geographical name guarantee guild harmonisation ibid industry infringement inspection Intellectual Property Kingdom Trade Marks Lanham Act Lanham Act 1946 license London mark registration membership mutual recognition negligence ordinary trade mark organisation owner particular party person plaintiff product liability prohibition proprietor protection purchasers recognised registered certification mark regulatory relation requirements safety Sched signature specific standard-setting standardisation statutory strict liability technical regulations term tort trade associations trade mark law Trade Marks Act Treaty TRIPS Underwriters Laboratories United Kingdom watermark