Proceedings of the International Conference on Law, Economics and Health (ICLEH 2020)

Defamation and Insults as Criminal Acts Against Trademarks

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Brandon A Malvin
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Brandon A Malvin
Available Online 20 May 2020.
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.077How to use a DOI?
Keywords
trademarks, defamation, intellectual property
Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine whether criminal acts of defamation and insults categorized as crimes against trademarks and to find out the legal protection for trademark owners from defamation and insults. This research method use normative juridical as this method examines the concepts, principles of norms and regulations related to the object of research. The results of this study are that criminal acts of defamation and insults cannot be imposed on trademarks because its a legal objects and not legal subjects, but trademark owners who feel disadvantaged can ask for compensation by filing a lawsuit using articles of acts against the law as a form of legal protection.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Law, Economics and Health (ICLEH 2020)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
20 May 2020
ISBN
10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.077
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.200513.077How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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