Übersetzung durch Brian Duffett und Neil Mussett. Übersetzung überarbeitet durch den Sprachendienst des Deutschen Patent- und Markenamtes.
Translation provided by Brian Duffett und Neil Mussett. Translation revised by the Language Service of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.
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Part 1 Scope |
Section 1Protected trade marks and other signs |
Section 2Application of other provisions |
Part 2 Preconditions, scope and restrictions of the protection of trade marks and commercial designations, transfer and licence |
Chapter 1 Trade marks and commercial designations, precedence and seniority |
Section 3Signs eligible for protection as trade marks |
Section 4Accrual of trade mark protection |
Section 5Commercial designations |
Section 6Precedence and seniority |
Chapter 2 Prerequisites for the protection of trade marks by means of registration |
Section 7Proprietorship |
Section 8Absolute grounds for refusal |
Section 9Trade marks that have been filed or registered as relative grounds for refusal |
Section 10Well-known marks |
Section 11Trade mark registered for an agent |
Section 12Earlier trade marks and commercial designations acquired by virtue of use |
Section 13Other earlier rights |
Chapter 3 Scope of protection, infringements of rights |
Section 14Exclusive right of the proprietor of a trade mark, claim for injunctive relief, compensation claim |
Section 14aGoods under Customs Surveillance |
Section 15Exclusive right of the proprietor of a commercial designation, claim for injunctive relief, compensation claim |
Section 16Reproduction of a registered trade mark in reference works |
Section 17Rights against agents or representatives |
Section 18Destruction and recall rights |
Section 19Right to information |
Section 19aClaims for production and inspection |
Section 19bSecuring compensation claims |
Section 19cPublication of judgments |
Section 19dClaims under other statutory provisions |
Chapter 4 Restrictions of protection |
Section 20Limitation |
Section 21Forfeiting of rights |
Section 22Exclusion of rights if the registration of a later trade mark is definitive |
Section 23Use of names and descriptive indications, spare parts business |
Section 24Exhaustion |
Section 25Exclusion of rights for non-use |
Section 26Use of the trade mark |
Chapter 5 Trade marks as objects of property |
Section 27Transfer |
Section 28Presumption of proprietorship of the right, service on the proprietor |
Section 29Rights in rem, levy of execution, insolvency proceedings |
Section 30Licences |
Section 31Trade marks applied for |
Part 3 Proceedings in the course of trade mark matters |
Chapter 1 Registration proceedings |
Section 32Requirements concerning the application |
Section 33Date of filing, right to registration, publication of the application |
Section 34Foreign priority |
Section 35Exhibition priority |
Section 36Examination of the conditions of filing |
Section 37Examination for absolute grounds for refusal; observations by third parties |
Section 38Accelerated examination |
Section 39Withdrawal, restriction and correction of the application |
Section 40Division of the application |
Section 41Registration, publication and trade mark information |
Section 42Opposition |
Section 43Objection of insufficient use, decision on the opposition |
Section 44Action for the grant of registration |
Chapter 2 Correction, division, duration of protection and renewal |
Section 45Correction of the Register and of publications |
Section 46Division of the registration |
Section 47Duration of protection and renewal |
Chapter 3 Surrender, revocation and invalidity proceedings |
Section 48Surrender |
Section 49Revocation |
Section 50Invalidity because of absolute grounds for refusal |
Section 51Invalidity because of the existence of earlier rights |
Section 52Consequences of revocation or invalidity |
Section 53Revocation and invalidity proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
Section 54Intervention in revocation and invalidity proceedings |
Section 55Revocation and invalidity proceedings before the courts of ordinary jurisdiction |
Chapter 4 General provisions for the procedures before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
Section 56Competences in the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
Section 57Exclusion and objection |
Section 58Opinions |
Section 59Ascertaining the facts, right to be heard |
Section 60Investigations, hearings, minutes |
Section 61Decisions, instructions on appellate remedy |
Section 62Inspection of files, inspection of the Register |
Section 62aData protection |
Section 63Costs of the proceedings |
Section 64Special motion (Erinnerung) |
Section 64aCosts arrangements in the proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
Section 65Authorisation to issue statutory instruments |
Section 65aAdministrative cooperation |
Chapter 5 Proceedings before the Federal Patent Court |
Section 66Appeal |
Section 67Boards of Appeal, public nature of the hearing |
Section 68Participation of the President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office |
Section 69Oral proceedings |
Section 70Decision on the appeal |
Section 71Costs of the appeal proceedings |
Section 72Exclusion and objection |
Section 73Investigation of the facts, preparation of the oral hearing |
Section 74Taking of evidence |
Section 75Summonses |
Section 76Course of the proceedings |
Section 77Minutes |
Section 78Assessment of evidence, legal right to be heard |
Section 79Delivery, notification, grounds |
Section 80Corrections |
Section 81Representation, power of attorney |
Section 81aLegal aid |
Section 82Application of further provisions, contestability, inspection of files |
Chapter 6 Proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice |
Section 83Appeals on points of law allowed and those not needing to be allowed |
Section 84Entitlement to lodge an appeal, grounds for appeal |
Section 85Formal prerequisites |
Section 86Examination of admissibility |
Section 87Several parties |
Section 88Application of further provisions |
Section 89Decision on the appeal on points of law |
Section 89aRemedy in case of an infringement of the right to be heard |
Section 90Ruling on costs |
Chapter 7 Joint provisions |
Section 91Re-establishment of rights |
Section 91aFurther treatment of the application |
Section 92Obligation to tell the truth |
Section 93Official language and court language |
Section 93aCompensation of witnesses, remuneration of expert witnesses |
Section 94Service, authorisation to issue statutory instruments |
Section 95Judicial assistance |
Section 95aElectronic conduct of proceedings, authorisation to issue statutory instruments |
Section 96Domestic representative |
Section 96aLegal protection in case of excessively long court proceedings |
Part 4 Collective marks |
Section 97Collective marks |
Section 98Proprietorship |
Section 99Eligibility for registration of indications of geographical origin as collective marks |
Section 100Restrictions of protection, use |
Section 101Right of action, compensation |
Section 102Regulations governing use of the collective mark |
Section 103Examination of the application |
Section 104Amendment of the regulations governing use of the collective mark |
Section 105Revocation |
Section 106Invalidity because of absolute grounds for refusal |
Part 5 Certification marks |
Section 106aCertification marks |
Section 106bProprietorship and genuine use |
Section 106cRight of action, compensation |
Section 106dRegulations governing use of the certification mark |
Section 106eExamination of the application |
Section 106fAmendment of the regulations governing use of the certification mark |
Section 106gRevocation |
Section 106hInvalidity because of absolute grounds for refusal |
Part 6 Protection of trade marks in accordance with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement; European Union trade marks |
Chapter 1 Protection of trade marks in accordance with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement |
Section 107Application of the provisions of this Act; languages |
Section 108Application for international registration |
Section 109Fees |
Section 110Note in the files, entry in the Register |
Section 111Subsequent extension of protection |
Section 112Effect of the international registration and the subsequent extension of protection |
Section 113Examination for absolute grounds for refusal |
Section 114Opposition against an international registration |
Section 115Invalidation |
Section 116Opposition because of an international registration and application or action for a declaration of invalidity because of an international registration |
Section 117Exclusion of rights for non-use |
Section 118Transformation of an international registration |
Chapter 2 European Union trade marks |
Section 119Application of the provisions of this Act |
Section 120Subsequent determination of the invalidity (Ungültigkeit) of a trade mark |
Section 121Conversion of European Union trade marks |
Section 122European Union trade mark disputes; European Union trade mark courts |
Section 123Communication to the European Commission |
Section 124Territorial jurisdiction of the European Union trade mark courts |
Section 125Insolvency proceedings |
Section 125aOrder for enforcement |
Part 7 Indications of geographical origin |
Chapter 1 Protection of indications of geographical origin |
Section 126Names, indications or signs protected as indications of geographical origin |
Section 127Scope of protection |
Section 128Rights because of infringement |
Section 129Lapse |
Chapter 2 Protection of geographical indications and designations of origin in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 |
Section 130Proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office; national opposition proceedings |
Section 131Intergovernmental opposition procedure |
Section 132Request for a change to the specification, cancellation proceedings |
Section 133Appellate remedies |
Section 134Supervision |
Section 135Rights because of infringement |
Section 136Lapse |
Chapter 3 Authorisation to issue statutory instruments |
Section 137More detailed provisions on the protection of individual indications of geographical origin |
Section 138Other provisions for the proceedings in applications and oppositions in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 |
Section 139Provisions transposing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012; authorisation to issue statutory instruments |
Part 9 Sign litigation proceedings |
Section 140Sign litigation |
Section 141Place of jurisdiction for claims under this Act and under the Act Against Unfair Competition |
Section 142Reduction of the value in dispute |
Part 8 Criminal and regulatory fine regulations, seizure on import and export |
Chapter 1 Criminal and regulatory fine regulations |
Section 143Punishable infringement of signs |
Section 143aPunishable infringement of a European Union trade mark |
Section 144Punishable use of indications of geographical origin |
Section 145Provisions relating to regulatory fines |
Chapter 2 Seizure of goods on import and export |
Section 146Seizure in case of infringements of rights to signs |
Section 147Confiscation, opposition, suspension of seizure |
Section 148Competences, appellate remedies |
Section 149Compensation in case of unjustified seizure |
Section 150Proceedings in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 |
Section 151Proceedings in accordance with German law with regard to indications of geographical origin |
Part 10 Transitional provisions |
Section 152Application of this Act |
Section 153Restrictions for the assertion of infringement claims |
Section 154Rights in rem, levy of execution, bankruptcy proceedings |
Section 155Licences |
Section 156Cancellation of a registered trade mark because of absolute grounds for refusal |
Section 157Cancellation of a registered trade mark because of the existence of earlier rights |
Section 158Transitional provisions |
Section 159Duration of protection and renewal |
Sections 160 to 163(repealed) |
Section 164(repealed) |