The relationship between rights of designation and unfair competition law

Relationship between rights of designation and unfair competition law Abstract This diploma thesis discusses the relationship between the rights of designation and the law of unfair competition. The main objective of the thesis is to acquaint its reader with the issue of both systems of protection and to answer the question of whether there is any relationship between them; if so, how to define the established relationship. The topic of this thesis is mainly processed from the perspective of the Czech legal order, but it is also complemented in appropriate cases with the connection to the foreign regulation of selected European states. This thesis is divided into three chapters, which are further divided into subchapters. In the first chapter, the author deals with the rights of designation. First, the group of rights of designation is placed within the system of intellectual property law. Subsequently, a list of specific rights that belong to this group is created, based on the described characteristics. However, the author also points to different opinions of legal theory regarding the content of the term rights of designation, which leads to distinction between the rights of designation in the strict and the broad sense. The following subchapters deal with the issue of trademarks, designations of origin..