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Part 1
Scope
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Section 1Protected trade marks and other symbols
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Section 2Application of other provisions
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Part 2
Preconditions, scope and restrictions of the protection of trade marks and commercial designations, transfer and licence
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Chapter 1
Trademarks and commercial designations, priority and seniority
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Section 3Signs eligible for protection as trade marks
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Section 4Accrual of trade mark protection
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Section 5Commercial designations
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Section 6Priority and seniority
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Chapter 2
Prerequisites for the protection of trade marks by means of registration
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Section 7Proprietorship
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Section 8Absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 9Trade marks that have been filed or registered as relative obstacles to protection
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Section 10Well-known marks
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Section 11Unauthorised filing of the proprietor’s trade mark
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Section 12Trade marks and commercial designations with older seniority acquired by virtue of use
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Section 13Other earlier rights
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Chapter 3
Scope of protection, infringements of rights
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Section 14Exclusive right of the proprietor of a trade mark, right to an injunction, compensation claim
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Section 15Exclusive right of the proprietor of a commercial designation, right to an injunction, compensation claim
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Section 16Representation of a registered trade mark in works of reference
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Section 17Rights against agents or representatives
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Section 18Destruction and re-call rights
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Section 19Right to information
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Section 19aRights of submission and inspection
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Section 19bSecuring compensation claims
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Chapter 4
Restrictions of protection
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Section 20Lapse
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Section 21Forfeiting of rights
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Section 22Exclusion of rights if the registration of a trade mark with younger seniority is definitive
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Section 23Use of names and descriptive indications, spare parts business
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Section 24Exhaustion
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Section 25Exclusion of rights for lack of use
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Section 26Use of the trade mark
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Chapter 5
Trade marks as an object of property
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Section 27Transfer
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Section 28Presumption of proprietorship of the right, service on the proprietor
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Section 29Rights in rem, levy of execution, insolvency proceedings
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Section 30Licences
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Section 31Trade marks applied for
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Part 3
Proceedings in the course of trade mark-related matters
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Chapter 1
Registration proceedings
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Section 32Requirements concerning the application
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Section 33Date of application, right to registration, publication of the application
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Section 34Foreign priority
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Section 35Exhibition priority
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Section 36Examination of the prerequisites for application
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Section 37Examination for absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 38Accelerated examination
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Section 39Withdrawal, restriction and correction of the application
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Section 40Division of the application
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Section 41Registration
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Section 42Opposition
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Section 43Objection of insufficient use, decision on the opposition
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Section 44Action for the grant of registration
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Chapter 2
Correction, division, duration of protection and renewal
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Section 45Correction of the register and of publications
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Section 46Division of the registration
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Section 47Duration of protection and renewal
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Chapter 3
Surrender, revocation and invalidity, cancellation proceedings
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Section 48Surrender
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Section 49Revocation
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Section 50Invalidity because of absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 51Invalidity because of the existence of earlier rights
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Section 52Impact of cancellation because of revocation or invalidity
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Section 53Cancellation by the Patent Office because of revocation
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Section 54Cancellation proceedings before the Patent Office because of absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 55Cancellation proceedings before the courts of ordinary jurisdiction
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Chapter 4
General provisions for the proceedings before the Patent Office
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Section 56Competences in the Patent Office
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Section 57Exclusion and rejection
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Section 58Expert reports
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Section 59Ascertaining the facts, legal hearing
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Section 60Investigations, hearings, record
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Section 61Orders, information on appeals
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Section 62Inspection of files, inspection of the register
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Section 63Costs of the proceedings
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Section 64Objection
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Section 64aCosts arrangements in the proceedings before the Patent Office
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Section 65Empowerment to hand down legal ordinances
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Chapter 5
Proceedings before the Patent Court
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Section 66Appeal
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Section 67Boards of Appeal, public nature of the hearing
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Section 68Participation of the President of the Patent Office
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Section 69Oral hearing
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Section 70Decision on the appeal
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Section 71Costs of the appeal proceedings
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Section 72Exclusion and rejection
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Section 73Investigation of the facts, preparation of the oral hearing
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Section 74Taking of evidence
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Section 75Summonses
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Section 76Course taken by the hearing
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Section 77Minutes
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Section 78Assessment of evidence, legal right to be heard
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Section 79Pronouncement, service, grounds
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Section 80Corrections
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Section 81Representation, power of attorney
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Section 82Application of further provisions, availability of challenge, inspection of files
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Chapter 6
Proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice
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Section 83Appeals on points of law admitted and those exempt from admission
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Section 84Entitlement to lodge an appeal, grounds for appeal
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Section 85Formal prerequisites
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Section 86Examination of admissibility
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Section 87Several parties
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Section 88Application of further provisions
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Section 89Decision on the appeal on points of law
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Section 89aRemedy in case of an infringement of the right to a legal hearing
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Section 90Ruling on costs
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Chapter 7
Joint provisions
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Section 91Re-establishment of rights
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Section 91aFurther treatment of the application
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Section 92Obligation to tell the truth
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Section 93Official language and court language
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Section 93aCompensation of witnesses, remuneration of expert witnesses
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Section 94Service
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Section 95Mutual assistance
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Section 95aElectronic proceedings, empowerment to hand down an order
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Section 96Domestic representative
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Part 4
Collective marks
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Section 97Collective marks
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Section 98Proprietorship
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Section 99Eligibility for registration of indications of geographical origin as collective marks
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Section 100Restrictions of protection, use
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Section 101Empowerment to act, compensation
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Section 102Regulations governing use of the mark
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Section 103Examination of the application
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Section 104Amendment of the regulations governing use of the mark
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Section 105Revocation
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Section 106Invalidity because of absolute obstacles to protection
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Part 5
Protection of trade marks in accordance with the Madrid Agreement on Marks and in accordance with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, Community trade marks
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Chapter 1
Protection of trade marks in accordance with the Madrid Agreement on Marks
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Section 107Application of the provisions of this Act; language
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Section 108Application for international registration
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Section 109Fees
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Section 110Entry in the register
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Section 111Subsequent territorial extension of protection
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Section 112Effect of international registration
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Section 113Examination for absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 114Opposition
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Section 115Subsequent withdrawal of protection
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Section 116Opposition and application for cancellation because of an internationally-registered trade mark
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Section 117Exclusion of rights for lack of use
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Section 118Consent to transfers of internationally-registered trade marks
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Chapter 2
Protection of trade marks in accordance with the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
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Section 119Application of the provisions of this Act; languages
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Section 120Application for international registration
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Section 121Fees
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Section 122Note in the files, entry in the register
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Section 123Subsequent territorial extension of protection
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Section 124Application, mutatis mutandi, of the provisions on the effect of trade marks internationally-registered in accordance with the Madrid Agreement on Marks
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Section 125Conversion of an international registration
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Chapter 3
Community trade marks
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Section 125aFiling of Community trade marks with the Patent Office
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Section 125bApplication of the provisions of this Act
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Section 125cSubsequent determination of the invalidity of a trade mark
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Section 125dConversion of Community trade marks
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Section 125eCommunity trade mark courts, Community trade mark disputes
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Section 125fNotification of the Commission
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Section 125gTerritorial jurisdiction of the Community trade mark courts
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Section 125hInsolvency proceedings
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Section 125iIssuance of the enforcement clause
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Part 6
Indications of geographical origin
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Chapter 1
Protection of indications of geographical origin
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Section 126Names, indications or signs protected as indications of geographical origin
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Section 127Scope of protection
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Section 128Rights because of infringement
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Section 129Lapse
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Section 130Proceedings before the Patent Office; objection against the application
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Section 131Objection against the intended registration
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Section 132Application for a change to the specification, cancellation proceedings
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Section 133Appeals
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Section 134Supervision
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Section 135Rights because of infringement
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Section 136Lapse
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Chapter 3
Empowerments to issue legal ordinances
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Section 137More detailed provisions on the protection of individual indications of geographical origin
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Section 138Other provisions for the proceedings in applications and objections in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006
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Section 139Provisions transposing Regulation (EC) No. 510/2006
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Part 7
Proceedings in disputes on symbols
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Section 140Disputes on symbols
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Section 141Court venue for rights in accordance with this Act and the Act Against Unfair Competition
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Section 142Reduction of the value at dispute
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Part 8
Criminal and regulatory fine regulations, seizure on import and export
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Chapter 1
Criminal and regulatory fine regulations
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Section 143Punishable infringement of symbols
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Section 143aPunishable infringement of a Community trade mark
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Section 144Punishable use of indications of geographical origin
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Section 145Provisions relating to regulatory fines
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Chapter 2
Seizure of goods on import and export
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Section 146Seizure in case of infringements of rights to symbols
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Section 147Confiscation, opposition, suspension of seizure
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Section 148Competences, appeals
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Section 149Compensation in case of unjustified seizure
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Section 150Proceedings in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1383/2003
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Section 151Proceedings in accordance with German law with regard to indications of geographical origin
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Part 9
Transitional provisions
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Section 152Application of this Act
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Section 153Restrictions for the assertion of infringement claims
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Section 154Rights in rem, levy of execution, bankruptcy proceedings
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Section 155Licences
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Section 156Examination of trade marks applied for to identify absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 157Announcement and registration
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Section 158Opposition proceedings
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Section 159Division of an application
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Section 160Duration of protection and renewal
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Section 161Cancellation of a registered trade mark because of revocation
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Section 162Cancellation of a registered trade mark because of absolute obstacles to protection
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Section 163Cancellation of a registered trade mark because of the existence of earlier rights
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Section 164(repealed)
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Section 165Transitional provisions
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