牛津大学和私立学院“争名”
<p> 最近，一家名为“人文新学院”(<span word="New">New</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Humanities">Humanities</span>)的学校在伦敦成立，并向英国知识产权局(<span word="Intellectual">Intellectual</span> <span word="Property">Property</span> <span word="Office">Office</span>)申请注册商标。为了避免在名称上的混淆，保护学院专有名称和品牌，牛津大学新学院也向知识产权局申请注册商标。虽然被称为新学院，但是牛津大学的新学院(<span word="New">New</span> <span word="College">College</span>)却一点也不新，学院在1379年建立，到现在已经有632年历史。知识产权局表示，很快就会对新学院的注册商标做出决定。但是据信，如果人文新学院的注册商标申请案进入公众咨询阶段，牛津新学院将会提出反对。对此，私立的人文新学院大呼不公，并反驳两所学院名称有混淆的可能。</p><p><span word="New">New</span> <span word="College">College</span>, <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="name">name</span> - <span word="ahead">ahead</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="registration">registration</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="newly">newly</span> <span word="created">created</span>, <span word="private">private</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Humanities">Humanities</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> 632-<span word="year">year</span>-<span word="old">old</span> <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="institution">institution</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="brand">brand</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Intellectual">Intellectual</span> <span word="Property">Property</span> <span word="Office">Office</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="College">College</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Humanities">Humanities</span>, <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="philosopher">philosopher</span> <span word="AC">AC</span> <span word="Grayling">Grayling</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="submitted">submitted</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="trademark">trademark</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="name">name</span>.</p>
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