National Law in the Field of Trade Marks
  		 

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DE (1) Trade Mark Protection Law (Federal Law of 1970, as last amended by Law No 131/2005)
DE (2) Patent Law (Federal Law No 259 of 1970, as last amended by Law No 42/2005)
DE (3) Order concerning the Patent Office (as last amended by Order published in Österreichisches Patentblatt, Part 1, 2005, No 6 Attachment 1)
DE (4) Order concerning patents, utility models, trade marks and designs (as last amended by BGBl. II No 196/2005)
DE (5) Order on publications of the Patent Office
DE (6) Law on Charges of the Austrian Patent Office (BGBl. I No 149/2004)

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FR-NL (1) Benelux Convention Concerning Trade marks (of 19 March, 1962)
FR-NL (2) Uniform Benelux Law on Marks (as last amended by the Protocol of 11 December 2001)
FR-NL (3) Executive Rules under the Uniform Benelux Law on Marks
FR-NL (4) Application Regulations under the Uniform Benelux Law on Marks

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EN (1) The Trade Marks Law (Cap. 268) as amended by Laws No 63/62, No 69/71, No 206/90
  (2) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Law of 2000 (176(I)/2000)

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EN-CS (1) Law No. 14/1993 Coll. on Measures concerning the Industrial Property Protection
EN-CS (2) Act No. 441/2003 Coll. on Trademarks, in force from 1.4.2004
CS (3) Regulation on the implementation of the Trade Mark Law of 20.2.2004

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DA (1) The Consolidated Trade Mark Act No 782 of 30/08/2001
DA (2) Act on Amendment of the Patent Act, the Design Act, the Trade Mark Act (No 782 of 30/08/2001 ) and the Utility Model (Act No 451 of 10/06/2003 )
DA (3) The Collective Mark Act No 342 of 06/06/1991
DA (4) Order on Application and Registration etc. of Trade Marks and Collective Marks No 787 of 09/09/2003
DA (5) Order on Amendment of Order (No 787 of 09/09/2003 ) on Application and Registration etc. of Trade Marks and Collective Marks No 1485 of 06/12/2004
DA (6) Order on Fees (Order No. 150 of 11 March 2004 )

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EN-EST (1) Trade Marks Act (RT I 2002, 49, 308; 99, 582; 2003, 82, 555; 88, 594; 2004, 20, 141; 2005, 18, 104)
The last amendment is not yet incorporated in the Trade Marks Act.
EST (2) Regulation on Trade Marks (RTL 2004, 89, 1407)

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EN-FI (1) Trade Marks Act (No 7 of 10 January 1964, as last amended by Acts No 56 of 21 January 2000 and No 1220 of 21 December 2004)
EN-FI (2) Act on Collective Marks (No 795 of 5 December 1980, as amended by Act No 40 of 25 January 1993)
EN-FI (3) Trade Marks Decree (No 296 of 29 May 1964, as last amended by Decrees No 188 of 22 March 1996 and No 370 of 13 April 2000)
  (4) Decree No. 1142/2004 of the Ministry of Trade and Industry on the Services Liable to Charge of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland

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EN (1) Law No 92-597 of 1 July 1992, on the Intellectual Property Code (Legislative Part) (as last amended by Ordinance No 2001-670 of 25 July 2001)
The last amendment is not yet incorporated in the Trade Marks Act.
  (2) Intellectual Property Code (Regulatory Part) as last amended by Decree No 2002-215 of 18 February 2002
FR (3) Order of 2 August 2005 concerning procedural fees to be paid to the National Institute for Industrial Property
  (4) Order of 25 February 2004 which amends the order of 31 January 1992 concerning trade marks and service marks
 

(5) Decree No 97-863 of 17 September 1997 concerning the professional qualification and the professional organization in industrial property matters, as well as the disciplinary rules of industrial property agents, and amending the Intellectual Property Code
  (6) Decree No 2002-216 of 18 February 2002 on the competent jurisdictions for Community trade marks

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DE (1) Law on the Protection of Trade Marks and other Signs (Trade Mark Law) (of 25.10.1994, as last amended by the law of 9.12.2004 (BGBl. I. S 3232)
  (2) Law on the extension of industrial property rights of 23.4.1992, as last amended by the law of 12.3.2004 (BGBl. I. S. 390)
  (3) Law on the fees of the Patent Office and the Patent Court of 13.12.2001, as last amended by the law of 9.12.2004 (BGBl. I. S. 3232)
 

(4) Regulation on the implementation of the Trade Mark Law of 11.5.2004 (BGBl. I. S. 872), as last amended by Regulation of 17.12.2004 (BGBl. I. S. 3532)
  (5) Order concerning the German Patent and Trade Mark Office of 1.4.2005 (BGBl. I. S. 514)
  (6) Order concerning the allocation of duties of 14.12.1994 as last amended by Order of 17.12.2004 (BGBl. I. S. 3532)
  (7) Order concerning the payment of fees of 15.10.2003 (BGBl. I. S. 2003)

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EN-FR (1) Trade Marks Law (No 2239 of 16 September 1994)
  (2) Presidential Decree No 353/98 of 16 October 1998
  (3) Law No 2873/2000 on 'Tax Regulation and Simplification and Other Matters' of 28 December 2000

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EN-HU (1) Act No. XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indication
HU (2) Act CII of 2003 amending industrial property and copyright legislation
HU (3) Decree No. 16/2004. (IV.27.) IM (Minister of Justice) on the Formal Requirements of the Trademark Applications and of the Applications for Geographical Indications
HU (4) Act No. LXXXIII of 1995 on the Use of the National Symbols of or Other Appellations Referring to the Republic of Hungary
EN-HU (5) Act No. LIII. of 1994 on judicial litigation (Section 184/A.)

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EN-FR (1) Trade Marks Act, 1996 (No 6 of 1996)
EN (2) "Trade Mark Rules", 1996 (S.I. No 199 of 1996)
EN (3) European Communities (Community Trade Mark) Regulations, 1996
(S.I. No 10 of 1996)
EN (4) Trade Marks Act, 1996 (Community Trade Mark) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No 229 of 2000)
EN (5) Patent, Trade Marks and Designs (Fees) Rules, 2001 (S.I. No 482 of 2001)
EN (6) Trade Marks Act, 1996 (Residence of Trade Marks Agents) Regulations, 2000 (S.I. No 34 of 2000)
EN (7) Trade Marks Act, 1996 (Section 66) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No 9 of 2001)
EN (8) Trade Marks (Madrid Protocol) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No 346 of 2001)

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IT (1) “ Code of the Industrial Property Law” adopted by Legislative Decree No 30/2005 (published on the Official Gazette n. 52 of March 4 th, 2005 and entered into force on March 19 th, 2005 ).

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EN-LV (1) Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin of 16/06/1999 ; entered into force on 15/07/1999 , amended on 08/11/2001 , 08/04/2004 and 21/10/2004
The last amendment is not incorporated in the EN text.
LV (2) Cabinet Regulations No. 309 of 18/08/1998 On State Fees for Industrial Property Protection; entered into force on 01/11/1998 , amended on 11/01/2000 , 20/03/2001 and 08/04/2004

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  (1) Law on Trademarks of the Republic of Lithuania No. VIII-1981 of 10 October 2000, amended by Law IX-1150 of 22 October 2002 and No. IX-2033 of 19 February, 2004
The last amendment is not incorporated in the EN text
  (2) Regulation on Procedure of Registration of Trademarks ZR/03/2004, adopted by the Order of the Director of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania No. 3R-37 on 30 April, 2004
  (3) Regulations on Trademarks Registryadopted by the Order of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania No. 188 on 21 February, 2001
  (4) Regulation on Procedure of Publication of the Data of Trademarks Registry ZR/02/2001, adopted by the Order of the Director of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania No. 27 on 9 March, 2001 as last amended by Order No. 115 of 17 December, 2001
  (5) Regulation on Implementation of the Protocol of the Madrid Agreement on International Registration of Marks TZR/01/2001, adopted by the Order of the Director of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania No. 123 of 29 December, 2000
  (6) Regulation on Permission to Use the Official or Traditional (Abbreviated) State Name of the Republic of Lithuania, of Armorial Bearings, Flag or other State Heraldic Objects or Any Imitation from a Heraldic Point of View, also Official Signs and Hallmarks Indicating Control and Warranty, Stamps, Medals or Marks of Distinction in Trademarks and Designs, adopted by the Order of the Minister of Justice the Republic of Lithuania No. 65 on April 10, 2001 as amended by 6 February, 2003 Order No. 37
LT (7) Regulation on Examination of Appeals and Oppositions AP/01/2002, adopted by the Order of the Director of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania No. 126 on December 30, 2002

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  (1) Chapter 414: Intellectual Property Rights (Cross-Border Measures) Act
EN (2) Chapter 416: TRADEMARKS ACT, 2000 (ACT NO. XVI of 2000; as last amended by Act IX of 2003)
EN-MT (3) TRADEMARKS ACT, 2000: Community Trademark Rules, 2003 (L.N. 233 of 2003)
EN (4) TRADEMARKS ACT, 2000: Trademarks (Provisions and Fees) Rules, 2002 (L.N.283 of 2002)

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EN (1) Industrial Property Law of 30 June 2000 , as last amended by the Law of 23 January 2004
EN (2) Regulation of the Prime Minister of 8 July 2002 on filing and processing of trademark applications, as last amended by the Law of 14 June 2005
EN (3) Regulation of the Council of Ministries of 29 September 2001 on fees relating to the protection of inventions, industrial design, trademarks, geographical indications and topographies of integrated circuits, as last amended by the Law of 2 march 2004

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PT (1) Industrial Property Code (Law Decree No 36/2003 of 5.3.2003)

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  (1) Law No. 90/1993 Coll. on Measures Concerning Industrial Property
The last amendment is not incorporated in the EN text.
EN-SK (2) Act No 55/1997 Coll. on Trademarks as last amended by the Act No. 344/2004 Coll. of 14.5.2004
The last amendment is not incorporated in the EN text.
EN-SK (3) Decree No. 117/1997 Coll. implementing the Act No. 55/1997 Coll. on Trademarks as last amended by the Decree No 709/2002 Coll. of 20.11.2002

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EN (1) Industrial Property Act (as last amended by Act No 37/2004)
The last amendment is not incorporated in the EN text.
SL (2) Rules on procedure for the registration of marks
  (3) Rules on the register of applications and industrial property rights and on the certificate of the priority right
SL(1)
SL(2) 		(4) Decree on the fees for the acquisition and maintenance of industrial property rights
SL (5) Rules on procedure for the international registration of marks

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ES (1) Trade Mark Law (Law No 17/2001 of 7 December 2001)
ES (2) Regulation for the Implementation of the Trade Mark Law No 17/2001 of 7 December 2001 (Royal Decree No 687/2002 of 12 July 2002)
ES (3) Royal Decree 1523/1997 of 26 September, appointing the competent Spanish authority for extending the enforcement order of the decisions from the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market
ES (4) Law 17/1975 of 2 May 1975 creating the autonomous institution "The Industrial Property Register", as last amended by Law 17/2001 of 7 December 2001 on Trade Marks

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SV (1) Trade Mark Act (1960:644, as last amended by SFS 2005:287)
SV (2) Trade Marks Rules (1960:648, as last amended by SFS 2005:241)
EN-SV (3) The Collective Marks Act (Act No 645 of 2 December 1960)

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EN (1) Trade Marks Act 1994 (as last amended by the Trade Marks (Proof of Use, etc.) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/946)
EN (2) The Community Trade Mark Regulations 1996
EN (2a) The Community Trade Mark (Amendment) Regulations 2004
EN (3) The Trade Marks Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/136)
EN (3a) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 2001
EN (3b) The Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules 2004
EN (4) The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996
EN (4a) The Trade Marks (International Registration)(Amendment) Order 2000
EN (4b) The Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Order 2002
EN (4c) The Trade Marks (International Registration)(Amendment) Order 2004
EN (5) The Trade Marks (Fees) Rules 2000
  (6) The Community Trade Mark (Fees) Regulations 1995