1. | Legislation on Trademarks | ||
1.1 | International legislation | ||
1.2 | National legislation | ||
1.2.1 | Trademark Law | ||
1.2.2 | Unfair Competition and Consumer Protection Law | ||
1.2.3 | Commercial 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 | ||
3.5.2 | Registration based on secondary meaning | ||
3.5.3 | Registration based on the consent of the competent authority | ||
3.6 | Relative grounds for 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 | Well-known marks and marks having reputation | ||
4.2 | Limitations of trademark rights | ||
4.2.1 | Own name defence, descriptive and referential use | ||
4.2.2 | Exhaustion | ||
4.3 | Claims for trademark infringement | ||
4.3.1 | Establishment of an infringement | ||
4.3.2 | Injunction | ||
4.3.3 | Removal/Destruction | ||
4.3.4 | Disclosure of information | ||
4.3.5 | Monetary claims | ||
4.3.6 | Publication of judgment | ||
4.4 | Defences | ||
4.5 | Infringement Proceedings | ||
4.5.1 | Administrative penal proceeding | ||
4.5.2 | Civil proceeding | ||
4.5.3 | Criminal Proceedings | ||
4.5.4 | Border detention measures | ||
5. | Loss of Protection | ||
5.1 | Lapse of registration | ||
5.2 | Revocation of Registration | ||
5.2.1 | Non-use | ||
5.2.2 | Generic trademarks | ||
5.2.3 | Deceptive use | ||
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5.3 | Declaration of Invalidity | ||
5.3.1 | Absolute grounds | ||
5.3.2 | Relative grounds | ||
5.3.3 | Other Prior Rights | ||
5.3.4 | Registration by Agent | ||
5.3.5 | Bad faith | ||
5.4 | Proceedings for Revocation and Declaration of Invalidity | ||
6. | Licences | ||
7. | Securities | ||
8. | Assignment | ||
9. | Changes of name and address | ||
10. | Representation | ||
10.1 | Patent Office | ||
10.2 | Courts | ||
