Chapter 1

Trademarks may consist of all signs, in particular words, including personal names, or designs, letters, numerals, colours, the shape of goods or of…

Without prejudice to the right of priority arising from the Paris Convention or the TRIPS Agreement, the exclusive right to a trademark pursuant to…

The following shall not be registered or, if registered, may be declared void:

If a ground for refusal of registration or for a declaration of invalidity of a trademark exists only for a part of the goods or services for which…

A trademark shall not be registered if an opposition is filed against it, or, if registered, may be declared invalid if:

A design or model shall be protected insofar as the design or model is new and possesses individual character.

Excluded from the protection under this Title are:

A design or model shall be considered new if no identical design or model has been made available to the public before the date of filing or before…

A design or model applied to or incorporated in a product which constitutes a component part of a complex product shall only be considered to be new…

Without prejudice to the right of priority, the exclusive right to a design or model is obtained by the registration of the filing, effected within…

Within the limits set in Articles 3.23 and 3.24, paragraph 2, no right to a design or model is obtained by registration if:

Within a period of five years, calculated from the date of publication of the registration of the filing, the designer of the design or model, or the…

If a design or model was created by an employee in the performance of his duties, the employer shall be considered the designer, unless otherwise…