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Emma Barraclough, London

Emma Barraclough, London

In this age of the internet, it is standard practice to search the world wide web using the various search engines such as Yahoo and Google. Did you know however that it is incorrect, indeed objectionable, in trade mark terms to "yahoo" or "google" someone or something – that is, to use these trade marks as verbs thus potentially rendering them generic and the trade mark registrations liable to "death by genericide". Examples of such generic use at one time or another are "hoover", "sellotape" and "escalator".

The law requires the use of a registered trade mark in Ukraine. To maintain a registration, a trade mark must be used in respect of the goods and/or services for which it has been registered. The definition of the effective use of a trade mark has been detailed to comprise sale, offering for sale, import and export of the goods bearing a trade mark. Otherwise the registration becomes vulnerable to cancellation upon request by a third party.