2.1 Registered signs
According to the Trademark Act, any sign capable of being represented graphically, particularly words, including personal names, designs, letters, numerals, the shape of goods or of their packaging, three-dimensional forms, colours, as well as the combinations of all the above indicated signs, may be protected as a trademark, provided that such signs are capable of distinguishing the goods and/or services of one undertaking from goods and/or services of another undertaking. However, practice and legislation also awards protection to other signs, so called unconventional trademarks, if they comply with the definition of a trademark (e.g. sound, taste, etc.). Furthermore, such unconventional trademarks must also fulfil further conditions such as the non-existence of prescribed reasons for refusal of trademark protection (please see sections 3.5 and 3.6 below).
