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Trademarks and the Economic Dimensions of Trademark Law in Europe and Beyond

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The economic analysis of trademark law continues to draw a number of commentaries, yet more and more, the courts are not factoring concrete economic analysis of trademark law and trademark protection in their decisions. In this entry I give an overview and status of trademarks from a law and economic perspective and suggest that trademark laws need to respond to the economic dimension that occurs on the market and consumer economic behaviour.

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  1. Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki, 00014, Helsinki, Finland

    P. Sean Morris

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    Giovanni Battista Ramello

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Morris, P.S. (2016). Trademarks and the Economic Dimensions of Trademark Law in Europe and Beyond. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_566-1

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    Trademarks and the Economic Dimensions of Trademark Law in Europe and Beyond
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