CHAPTER II THE LAW RELATING TO TRADE MARKS

SECTION 1 Definition of an EU trade mark and obtaining an EU trade mark

Article 4 Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist
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Article 5 Persons who can be proprietors of EU trade marks
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Article 6 Means whereby an EU trade mark is obtained
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Article 7 Absolute grounds for refusal
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Article 8 Relative grounds for refusal
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SECTION 2 Effects of an EU trade mark

Article 9 Rights conferred by an EU trade mark
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Article 10 Right to prohibit preparatory acts in relation to the use of packaging or other means
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Article 11 Date from which rights against third parties prevail
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Article 12 Reproduction of an EU trade mark in a dictionary
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Article 13 Prohibition of the use of an EU trade mark registered in the name of an agent or representative
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Article 14 Limitation of the effects of an EU trade mark
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Article 15 Exhaustion of the rights conferred by an EU trade mark
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Article 16 Intervening right of the proprietor of a later registered trade mark as a defence in infringement proceedings
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Article 17 Complementary application of national law relating to infringement
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SECTION 3 Use of an EU trade mark

Article 18 Use of an EU trade mark
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SECTION 4 EU trade marks as objects of property

Article 19 Dealing with EU trade marks as national trade marks
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Article 20 Transfer
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Article 21 Transfer of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent
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Article 22 Rights in rem
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Article 23 Levy of execution
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Article 24 Insolvency proceedings
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Article 25 Licensing
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Article 26 Procedure for entering licences and other rights in the Register
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Article 27 Effects vis-à-vis third parties
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Article 28 The application for an EU trade mark as an object of property
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Article 29 Procedure for cancelling or modifying the entry in the Register of licences and other rights
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Regulation revoked (31.12.2020) by The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/269), reg. 1(1), Sch. 5 para. 6; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)