Legal development introduces the new type of trademarks differ to those of the conventional ones. This paper gives an account of non-conventional trademarks categories, particularly sound, scent and taste mark, in terms of their registration. Subsequently, it also further illustrates that graphical representation, as a prerequisite, stifles the registration of non-conventional trademarks through recent studies and cases both in the European Union and United States. European Union, under Trademark Directive 2008, required graphical representation as a requirement which turned out to be the primary problem in terms of registration for non-conventional trademarks. United States, having no such requirement, tend to be more acceptable in registering non-conventional trademarks. This paper also argues that graphical representation is immaterial and its removal from the relevant provision increases the legal certainty and flexibility. Problem of non-conventional trademarks registration incurred by graphical representation requirement is most likely to be faced by Indonesia which tries to encompass the protection of non-conventional trademarks. Indonesian Trademark Law requires Label Merek (a representation form), which in common practice is seen merely as representation form that consists of lines, images and character (graphically represented form), as a minimum requirement for trademark registration. Seeing Label Merek merely as a graphical represented form will stifle the registration of non-conventional trademarks. Therefore, such representation form needs to be construed broadly beyond graphically represented form in order to encompass the protection of non-conventional trademarks.

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与印度尼西亚非常规商标注册相关的标签 MEREK/MARK 礼仪形式的图形表示

法律发展引入了不同于传统商标的新型商标。本文从注册方面对非常规商标类别，特别是声音、气味和味道商标进行了说明。随后，它还通过最近在欧盟和美国的研究和案例进一步说明，作为先决条件的图形表示扼杀了非常规商标的注册。欧盟根据 2008 年商标指令，将图形表示作为一项要求，结果证明这是非常规商标注册方面的主要问题。美国没有这样的要求，在注册非常规商标方面往往更容易接受。本文还认为图形表示是不重要的，将其从相关条款中删除会增加法律的确定性和灵活性。由于图形表示要求而引起的非常规商标注册问题是试图涵盖非常规商标保护的印度尼西亚最可能面临的问题。印度尼西亚商标法要求将 Label Merek（一种表示形式）作为商标注册的最低要求，通常将其视为仅由线条、图像和字符组成的表示形式（图形表示形式）。仅将标签 Merek 视为图形表示形式将扼杀非常规商标的注册。所以，