Z:gnu-www-ja-not-ipr--1a03ce-Trademark law, by contrast, wa/en

Trademark law, by contrast, was not intended to promote any particular way of acting, but simply to enable buyers to know what they are buying. Legislators under the influence of the term &ldquo;intellectual property&rdquo;, however, have turned it into a scheme that provides incentives for advertising. And these are just three out of many laws that the term refers to.