Glossary entry

Croatian term or phrase:

održavanje žiga u vrijednosti

English translation:

maintaining the protection (/the validity) of the trademark

Added to glossary by mxstojki
Jul 26, 2022 10:46
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Croatian term

održavanje žiga u vrijednosti

Croatian to English Law/Patents Other žigovi
''Naknada troškova za održavanje žiga u vrijednosti za razdoblje od deset godina i za objavu podataka o žiga koji se održava u vrijednosti uplaćena je...''

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mxstojki (asker) Aug 1, 2022:
Thank you all very much for explanations.
Daryo Jul 29, 2022:
Call it "bickering" if you want ... but paying to keep a trademark registered for 10 years (in any legal system where "trademark" is a known legal concept) is primarily about "keeping the validity of the trademark registration".

Additional clues: "maintaining the (monetary/market) value" of a trademark is not done by 10 year periods, is a way more trickiest proposition and registering the trademark is merely the first step for that.

IOW there is already enough "context" to be pretty sure what "vrijednost" is intended to mean in this text.

A digression that you might find interesting, an example of how "maintaining the value" of a trademark can be a tricky business with unexpected twists and turns:

The Burberry brand of clothing was for decades a kind of staid classic British brand known the world over, until a decade or two ago local thugs in UK suddenly got a liking for it. With catastrophic results for the "brand value" of Burberry (in UK).

https://casereads.com/burberry-rebranding-an-iconic-transfor...

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12526061.burberry-shown-...

see any connection with "registering for 10 years"?
Vesna Maširević Jul 29, 2022:
Not sure, but I think they are referring to value (and not validity) - the matter should be studied in the Croatian legislation... (I added some links there).
In any case, thank you for offering an answer, instead of just bickering.
Daryo Jul 29, 2022:
In fact you have a similar use in Serbian:

"ovaj dokument je bezvredan" = of no value, in the sense of "not valid".

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maintaining the protection (/the validity) of the trademark


''Naknada troškova za održavanje žiga u vrijednosti za razdoblje od deset godina i za objavu podataka o žiga koji se održava u vrijednosti uplaćena je...''
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this is clearly about registering the trademark to preserve / maintain the legal protection afforded to it by registering it.

It is not about "vrijednost" in the sense of the "worth" of the trademark i.e. for how much it could be sold, or how much using the trademark contributes to getting away with charging prices that no one sane would pay for exactly the same product if sold as "no-name / unbranded".

IOW ***here*** :

vrijednost (žiga) = važenje (registracije žiga) = validity of the registration

as the whole point of "registering" is to give to the trademark a legal protection from misuse by others, it's often formulated as "maintaining the protection" (implied "maintaining the legal protection").

samples on the Web aplenty - search for "maintaining the protection of the trademark"


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Note added at 3 days 6 hrs (2022-07-29 16:53:59 GMT)
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Of course, "maintaining the legal protection" of the trademark is strongly related to / part of maintaining the "commercial value" of the trademak, but these are two distinct concepts, different meanings for "vrijednost".

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Note added at 3 days 6 hrs (2022-07-29 17:36:26 GMT)
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'Naknada troškova za održavanje žiga u vrijednosti za razdoblje od deset godina i za objavu podataka o žiga koji se održava u vrijednosti uplaćena je...''
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The compensation for the costs of maintaining the validity of the trademark for a 10 year period and publishing ... has been paid ...
Note from asker:
Thank you very much for clarification.
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maintaining the value of the trademark

....maintaining registration of the trademark for (a further) 10 years (kada se produžava)
https://rouselawyers.com.au/how-to-protect-the-value-of-your...

https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/maintain/keeping-your-regis...

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Note added at 3 days 5 hrs (2022-07-29 16:39:26 GMT)
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Useful links
https://www.dziv.hr/en/intellectual-property-protection/trad...
https://www.dziv.hr/files/file/eng/pravilnik_zig_ENG.pdf
https://www.dziv.hr/files/File/eng/zakon_zig_eng.pdf
Peer comment(s):

agree LogosART
1 hr
Hvala!
disagree Daryo : that would mean protecting "the monetary value of the trademark" i.e. how much more can be earned thanks to the trademark - how much more you can charge for your product by sticking on it your trademark.
3 days 4 hrs
I tend to agree (depending on further context), but you should complain to https://www.dziv.hr/hr/intelektualno-vlasnistvo/zigovi/odrza... because it is their choice to use the term "vrijednost žiga"
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