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system15. The question here In first-to-file countries,
is, Which of the two previ- the rights to a trademark
ous systems is a suitable belong to the first business
environment for trademark to file an application for that
squatting? trademark, even if it was
A. First to File16: used by another business
15 Opinion A-G Verkade, 13 May before. This means that the
2005 in Souza Cruz v Tabacalera, first business or individual to
R04/077 Dutch Supreme Court. Para
2.02, Alexander Tsoutsanis “Trade file for trademark registration
Mark Registrations in Bad Faith”
Oxford University Press, New York, has legal protection – not the
2010, p. 13.
one who can demonstrate
16 A larger proportion of countries are
the first use of the trade-
first to file and include Algeria, An-
guilla, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, mark17. This policy provides
Belize, Benelux, Bolivia, Botswa-
na, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, squatters with an opportu-
Croatia, Curacao, Czech Republic,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El nity to rush to register for-
Salvador, Estonia, European Union,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, eign trademarks before the
Guatemala, Hungary, Iran, Japan,
Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyr- original brand owners have
gyzstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldo-
va, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Nigeria, an opportunity to do so. The
Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, squatter can then leverage
Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Syr-
ia, Taiwan, Uganda, Ukraine, United the bad faith registration to
Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam, and
Zambia. See: First To File Versus extort a payment from the
First To Use, Available at First To File
Versus First To Use - Corsearch. Last true brand owner. If the
visit: June 24, 2023. At 11:44 AM. 17
Making a Mark - An Intro�“
duction to Trademarks for Small and
Medium-sized Enterprises” World
Intellectual Property Organization,
WIPO Publication No. 900.1E. p.p.
.29-30
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