Definition
Trademark includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name, signature, word, letter, symbol, numeral, figurative elements, combination of colors, or any combination thereof. A trademark also includes service marks and certification marks.
Introduction
Bangladesh, being one of the world’s most densely populated countries, has the biggest concentrated business market but is yet to be a place for smooth business operations when it comes to intellectual property rights (IPR). It is commonly assumed here that the intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, etc.) protection mechanism is introduced by the Western world to satisfy the manifestation of developed countries to establish the way of modern colonization over the developing or least developed countries. Hence, it is strongly advocated by the developed countries that the...
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Relevant Acts (i.e., The Penal Code, 1860; Merchandise Marks Act, 1889; the Trade Marks Act, 1940, The Customs Act, 1969; The Trademark Act, 2009, etc.)
Wikipedia: Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
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Akram Somrat, S. (2019). Trademark Governance in Bangladesh. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3470-2
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