1. | Legislation on Trademarks | ||
1.1 | International legislation | ||
1.2 | National legislation | ||
1.2.1 | Trademark Act and Trademark Ordinance | ||
1.2.2 | Act on Application of Legislation on the Protection of Intellectual Property | ||
1.2.3 | Domestic Trade Act | ||
1.2.4 | Customs Act | ||
1.2.5 | Criminal code | ||
1.2.6 | General Administrative Procedure Act and Administrative Dispute Resolution Act | ||
1.2.7 | Other statutory sources | ||
1.2.8 | Ongoing harmonisation process | ||
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 | ||
3.6 | 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 | Likelihood of confusion | ||
4.1.3 | Trademarks with reputation | ||
4.2 | Limitations of trademark rights | ||
4.2.1 | Own name defence | ||
4.2.2 | Descriptive use | ||
4.2.3 | Referential use | ||
4.2.4 | Exhaustion | ||
4.2.5 | Geographical indications | ||
4.3 | Claims for trademark infringement | ||
4.3.1 | Injunction | ||
4.3.2 | Removal/Destruction | ||
4.3.3 | Disclosure of information | ||
4.3.4 | Monetary claims | ||
4.3.5 | Publication of judgement | ||
4.3.6 | Statute of limitations | ||
4.4 | Defences | ||
4.5 | Infringement Proceedings | ||
5. | Loss of Protection | ||
5.1 | Cancellation | ||
5.1.1 | Prior rights | ||
5.1.2 | Non-use | ||
5.1.3 | Deregistration of trademarks | ||
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5.1.4 | Contestation of ownership | ||
5.1.5 | Cancellation, deregistration and contestation proceedings | ||
5.2 | Acquiescence | ||
5.3 | Expiry and other manners of trademark cessation | ||
5.4 | Novelties of the Trademark Act | ||
6. | Licences | ||
7. | Securities | ||
8. | Assignment | ||
9. | Changes of name and address | ||
10. | Representation | ||
10.1 | Patent Office | ||
10.2 | Courts | ||
