Znak usługowy jako normatywna kategoria znaków

Abstract

Service marks are a normative category of trade marks. They are distinguished by their subject, which is a service rather than a good (product) as is in the case of traditional trade marks. Currently, both – marks for goods and marks for services – are referred to collectively as “trade marks”. Nevertheless, this does not mean that there are no differences between marks used to distinguish goods and those used to distinguish services. The aim of the dissertation is to propose a definition of the concept of a service in trademark law, to identify the similarities and differences between trade marks for goods and trade marks for services and, finally, to answer the question of whether service marks are an independent normative category of trade marks.