Comments on: Harvard Threatens Schools in Uganda With Trademark Infringement Litigation http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/12/06/harvard-threatens-schools-in-uganda-with-trademark-infringement-litigation/ Opinionated Intellectual Property News Blog with an Israel Slant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Paul Asiimwe http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/12/06/harvard-threatens-schools-in-uganda-with-trademark-infringement-litigation/#comment-40819 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 19:27:45 +0000 http://blog.ipfactor.co.il/2007/12/06/harvard-threatens-schools-in-uganda-with-trademark-infringement-litigation/#comment-40819 This story raises the old issue about the determinants of ‘famous’ marks. Whereas the people using the Harvard name as primary schools, colleges etc believe that it has some goodwill attached to it, it is really unclear to what extent the general public will be encouraged to enroll in these institutions. The question of how famous the name is in Uganda is, in my view still debatable.

secondly, to the best of my knowledge, Harvard University would ordinarily have been registered as a service mark. Since Service marks are not yet registrable under Ugandan law, the extent of protection available to the University is still in doubt, unless only the word Harvard was registered, possibly under class 16. The jury is still out on this one!

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