Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1012

State of Kuwait · Civil Matters — Volume 10 · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Registration of a trademark. A rebuttable presumption of its ownership. The burden of proving the contrary rests on the claimant to ownership. Article 65 of the Commercial Code. - A person’s acquisition of ownership of a trademark. Its effect. Affording him protection preventing others from using it. The nature of this right. Its confinement to the products and goods associated with the trademark, to the exclusion of other goods.
Arabic original
تسجيل العلامة التجارية. قرينة بسيطة على ملكيتها. عبء إثبات العكس يقع على مدُعى الملكية. م ٦٥ ق التجارة. - اكتساب شخص لملكية علامة تجارية. أثره. ترتيب حماية له تمنع الغير من استعمالها. طبيعة هذا الحق. اقتصاره على المنتجات والسلع الخاصة بالعلامة دون غيرها من السلع.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعنان ٩٥٦، ٩٨٦/٢٠٠٥ تجاري جلسة ١١/٢/٢٠٠٧ مجلة القضاء والقانون - س ٣٥ ج ١ ص ١٢٠)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Civil Matters — Volume 10 — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 218. PDF pages: 218.

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