imitación parasitaria

English translation: systematically copying

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Spanish term or phrase:	imitación parasitaria
English translation:	systematically copying
Entered by:	David Brown

12:31 Dec 3, 2005

Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright

Spanish term or phrase: imitación parasitaria

Se acusa a una empresa de imitación parasitaria de los diseños de otra:

"nos hallamos ante una imitación parasitaria que, además de vulnerar los derechos de exclusiva de nuestra cliente, supone una conducta contraria a la leal competencia"

En principio lo he traducido por "slavish imitation"

cristina

systematically copying

Explanation:
hth.

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También se considera desleal la imitación parasitaria, consistente en imitar sistemáticamente. prestaciones de un competidor para obstaculizar su ...
www.ey.com/.../Spain/Competencia_desleal-SNadal-02-03/ $file/Competencia%20desleal-SNadal-02-03.pdf

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David Brown
Spain
Local time: 21:55

Grading comment

Gracias. El contexto pide algo así
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

unauthorized reproduction

Myriam S

slavish copy (or) imitation

Rebecca Jowers

systematically copying

David Brown

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5 mins confidence:

imitación parasitaria

systematically copying

David Brown
Spain
Local time: 21:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Gracias. El contexto pide algo así

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

imitación parasitaria unauthorized reproduction

Explanation:
That is the phrase I have seen in some of the English texts, although
not as descriptive as "parasitic" reproduction.

Myriam S
United States
Local time: 15:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

imitación parasitaria slavish copy (or) imitation

Explanation:
Although this translation may sound strange in non-IP contexts, "slavish copy" (or your option) are correct and are the standard expressions used in trademark law. ("Slavish copy" is the expression preferred by WIPO, the World Intellectual Property Organization)

The Court found that the infringer’s magazine is a slavish copy of the Time’s ... ‘the infringer’s do not have the right to use the Time’s trademark "TIME" ...
www.mondaq.com/ article.asp?articleid=35808&lastestnews=1

The trademark is also used as part of the Complainant’s domain name "lancome.com" ... and the domain name is little more than a slavish copy of it. ...
arbiter.wipo.int/domains/ decisions/html/2001/d2001-0028.html

... which appears as a slavish copy of the Complainant’s own website, ... CS is a trademark of the Complainant, and “pb” is a commonly used abbreviation of ...
arbiter.wipo.int/domains/ decisions/html/2005/d2005-0213.html

Copyright, Trademark, and Patent Protection, and the semiconductor chip act of ... copyright protection and not be a slavish copy of someone else's work.44 ...
www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/ btlj/articles/vol8/McManis/html/text.html

5.12 distinctiveness used in trademark Law. ... that are inspired by designs that appeared in past publications but that are not a slavish copy of them. ...
kirra.austlii.edu.au/au/other/ alrc/publications/reports/74/ALRC74Ch5.html

In Case Your IPR is Infringed-What is Infringement?
There is also the case of slavish imitation(identical or substantially identical... In such a case, however, slavish imitation 3 years after the goods are ...
www.meti.go.jp/policy/ipr/eng/infringe/about/find.html

among other topics the aspects of dilution and slavish imitation, ... 10.1 the legal concept of slavish imitation (slavish copying) of a product or ...
www.aippi.org/reports/resolutions/Q115_E.pdf

Slavish imitation of the design of a product may also be prohibited on the basis of the ... In the case of misleading advertising or slavish imitation, ...
www.aippi.org/reports/q148/gr-q148-e-finland.htm

Court's views about slavish imitation of drug trade dress have had any impact on ... Supreme Court in Ciba-Geigy with respect to slavish imitation in drug ...
www.bereskinparr.com/English/ publications/pdf/Bio-Brand-Name-Bereskin.pdf

Rebecca Jowers
Spain
Local time: 21:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 104

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