Intellectual property rights are
territorial. American trademarks, patents and copyrights, therefore, do not
confer protection on their owners in Europe if the IP owner has not registered
their product with your nation’s patent office. The sole exception to this rule
involves trademark applications filed under the Madrid Protocol. This system
permits American business owners to submit trademark applications that protect
their mark in the United States and other designated nations. If the trademark
owner in your case did submit such an application and paid for IP protection in
your country, you would be prohibited from using the mark.
Finally, I would strongly encourage you to
research whether this comic book trademark is protected intellectual property
in Europe. I say this only because the registered trademark symbol ‘(®)’ can
denote a trademark in a country other than the United States. The comic book
image could, for instance, be a registered trademark in Vietnam.
You do not want to inadvertently violate any IP laws.
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