Trade Marks including Community Trade Mark


Studies

Study on the trade mark system in Europe

16.10.2009

The contract for the Study on the trade mark system in Europe has been awarded to the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law.

More information can be found at the website of the Max Planck Institute:

22.07.2009

The European Commission has published a call for tender for a study on the overall functioning of the trade mark system in Europe MARKT/2009/12/D.

The time limit for receipt of tenders expired on 04.09.2009. Detailed information on the study can be found in the invitation to tender:

Legislation

31.03.2009 Trade mark protection in the EU gets much cheaper and easier to obtain
17.10.2005 Trade mark protection in the EU gets cheaper
14.10.2005 Commission Regulation (EC) no. 1687/2005 amending Regulation (EC) no. 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with regard to adapting certain fees
(Official Journal L271/14 of 15.10.2005)
29.06.2005 Commission Regulation (EC) 1042/2005 amending Regulation (EC) no. 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Text with EEA relevance)
  Commission Regulation (EC) 1041/2005 amending Regulation (EC) no. 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark (Text with EEA relevance)
09.12.2004 Information regarding the date from which Article 1(34) and (35) of Council Regulation (EC) 422/2004 amending Regulation (EC) 40/94 on the Community trade mark shall apply
(Official Journal L 362 of 9.12.2004, p 16)
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06.12.2004 Commission Regulation (EC) 2082/2004 amending Regulation (EC) 216/96 laying down the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(Official Journal L360 of 7.12.2004, p 8)
26.04.2004 Commission Regulation (EC) no. 781/2004 amending Commission Regulation (EC) no. 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(Official Journal L 123, 27/04/2004, p. 85 (5 May 2004))
  Commission Regulation (EC) no. 782/2004 amending Regulation (EC) no. 2868/95 the accession of the European Community to the Madrid Protocol (Text with EEA relevance)
(Official Journal L 123, 27/04/2004, p. 88 (5 May 2004))
19.02.2004 Council Regulation (EC) no. 422/2004 amending Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark
Official Journal L 070 , 09/03/2004 P. 0001 - 0007 (17 March 2004)
28.10.2003 International trademarks: Key step towards Community joining the Madrid Protocol on international trademarks
  • Press release Français
  • Council Regulation (EC) no. 1992/2003 of 27 October 2003 amending Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark to give effect to the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989
  • Council Decision of 27 October 2003 approving the accession of the European Community to the Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989
  • Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the international registration of marks, adopted at Madrid on 27 June 1989
26.07.1996 Commission proposes to link EC with WIPO international system
20.12.1993 Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 on the Community trade mark
21.12.1988 First Council Directive 89/104/EEC to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks

Other documents

22.12.2006 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council - The financial perspectives of the Office for harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and design), COM(2006)865
21.06.2004 EC joins international trademark treaty
21.05.2003 Commission Staff Working Paper - Possible abuses of trade mark rights within the EU in the context of Community exhaustion
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27.12.2002 Communication from the Commission to the Council - The examination of the functioning of the manner of representation as laid down in Article 89 of the Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94 of 20 December 1993, COM(2002) 766 final
PDF - 63 - 240 KBDanskDeutschEllinikaEnglishCastellanoFrançaisItalianoNederlandsPortuguêsSuomiSvenska
  Communication from the Commission to the Council - Report on the operation of the system of searches resulting from Article 39 of the Community Trade Mark Regulation
26.04.2001 Seminar of Internal Market and Consumer Affairs Ministers, Lund 27-28 April - parallel imports and prices
07.06.2000 Communiqué from Commissioner Bolkestein on the issue of exhaustion of trade mark rights PDF - 46 KBEnglish
09.12.1999 Exhaustion of Trade Mark Rights - Working document from the Commission Services PDF:  51 - 56 KBDeutschEnglishFrançais
30.04.1999 Exhaustion of trademark rights: Commission organises meetings with Member States and interested parties PDF - 32 KBEnglish
25.02.1999 Trade Mark exhaustion - Study on the economic consequences of alternative regimes
  • Executive summary PDF - 101 KBEnglish
  • Main Report PDF - 436 KBEnglish
  • Appendix B: Questionnaires PDF - 130 KBEnglish
  • Appendix C: Tables PDF - 432 KBEnglish
10/1998 Special Sectoral Report PDF: 102 - 105 KBEnglishFrançais

Last update: 04.12.2009