Austria - Overview

1.	Legislatlation on Trademarks
	1.1	International legislation
	1.2	National legislation
		1.2.1	Trademark Law
		1.2.2	Unfair Competition Law
2.	Protected Signs
	2.1	Registered signs
	2.2	Unregistered signs
	2.3	Company names/Trade names
3.	Registration of Trademarks
	3.1	Owner
	3.2	Trademark
	3.3	Goods and services
	3.4	Priority
	3.5	Absolute grounds for refusal
		3.5.1	The absolute grounds for refusal
			Examples:
		3.5.2	Registration based on secondary meaning
	3.6	Relative grounds of refusal
	3.7	Term of protection
	3.8	Fees
	3.9	Remedies
	3.10	Flowchart: Registration proceedings
4.	Enforcement
	4.1	Scope of Protection
		4.1.1	Use of a trademark
		4.1.2	Identity of signs and goods/services
		4.1.3	Likelihood of confusion
		4.1.4	Trademarks having reputation
		4.1.5	Unregistered signs/trade names
	4.2	Limitations of trademark rights
		4.2.1	Own name, descriptive and referential use
		4.2.2	Exhaustion
	4.3	Claims for trademark infringement
		4.3.1	Injunction
		4.3.2	Removal/Destruction
		4.3.3	Disclosure of information
		4.3.4	Rendering of accounts
		4.3.5	Monetary claims
		4.3.6	Immaterial damages
		4.3.7	Publication of judgement
		4.3.8	Statute of limitation
	4.4	Defences
	4.5	Infringement Proceedings
		4.5.1	Civil Proceeding
		4.5.2	Criminal Proceeding
		4.5.3	Border detention measures
5.	Loss of Protection
	5.1	Opposition
	5.2	Cancellation
		5.2.1	Prior rights
		5.2.2	Absolute grounds
		5.2.3	Registration by agent
		5.2.4	Non-use

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