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In order to protect and enforce "proper" usage of the mark it will be
necessary to register the mark in each of the jurisdictions you wish to
seek such protection. Any number of Intellectual Property firms (I'm
not an attorney) can help with this. Note, it typically takes a few
years and costs 1 000 - 3 000 USD per jurisdiction for the initial
filing (About 100 000 USD for good commercial coverage). Additional
costs are incurred to renew and should there be any challenges.<br>
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Carsten Pötter wrote:
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Also, it important to say that there is a trademark committee just
getting going anew that is tackling these and related issues globally
with the objective to establish/articulate a set of policies and
guidelines that are understandable, well aligned, and coordinated
across jurisdictions around the globe. Please let me know if any of
you would like to volunteer for that committee.<br>
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Well, I guess working on those guidelines should be up to some lawyers
who know various jurisdictions. It wouldn't make much sense if there
were guidelines being established which can't be enforced globally.<br>
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