What changed, Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (codif…

− ### art_1
− Article 1
− ### art_2
− Article 2
− ### art_3
− Article 3
− ### art_4
− Article 4
− ### art_5
− Article 5
− ### art_6
− Article 6
− ### art_7
− Article 7
− | (a) | signs which do not conform to the requirements of Article 4; |
− | (b) | trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character; |
− | (c) | trade marks which consist exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin or the time of production of the goods or of rendering of the service, or other characteristics of the goods or serv…
− | (d) | trade marks which consist exclusively of signs or indications which have become customary in the current language or in the bona fide and established practices of the trade; |
− | (e) | signs which consist exclusively of:(i)the shape which results from the nature of the goods themselves;(ii)the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result;(iii)the shape which gives substantial value to the goods; |
− | (i) | the shape which results from the nature of the goods themselves; |
− | (ii) | the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result; |
− | (iii) | the shape which gives substantial value to the goods; |
− | (f) | trade marks which are contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality; |
− | (g) | trade marks which are of such a nature as to deceive the public, for instance as to the nature, quality or geographical origin of the goods or service; |
− | (h) | trade marks which have not been authorised by the competent authorities and are to be refused pursuant to Article 6ter of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Paris Convention’; |
− | (i) | trade marks which include badges, emblems or escutcheons other than those covered by Article 6ter of the Paris Convention and which are of particular public interest, unless the consent of the competent authority to their registration has been given; |
− | (j) | trade marks for wines which contain or consist of a geographical indication identifying wines or for spirits which contain or consist of a geographical indication identifying spirits with respect to such wines or spirits not having that origin; |
− | (k) | trade marks which contain or consist of a designation of origin or a geographical indication registered in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (6…
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− Article 8
+ ## TITLE I / GENERAL PROVISIONS
+ ### Article 1
+ Community trade mark
+ ### Article 2
+ Office
+ ### Article 3
+ Capacity to act
+ ## SECTION 1 / Definition of a Community trade mark and obtaining a Community trade mark
+ ### Article 4
+ Signs of which a Community trade mark may consist
+ ### Article 5
+ Persons who can be proprietors of Community trade marks
+ ### Article 6
+ Means whereby a Community trade mark is obtained
+ ### Article 7
+ Absolute grounds for refusal
+ (a) signs which do not conform to the requirements of Article 4;
+ (b) trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character;
+ (c) trade marks which consist exclusively of signs or indications which may serve, in trade, to designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin or the time of production of the goods or of rendering of the service, or other characteristics of the goods or service;
+ (d) trade marks which consist exclusively of signs or indications which have become customary in the current language or in the bona fide and established practices of the trade;
+ (e) signs which consist exclusively of:
+ (i) the shape which results from the nature of the goods themselves;
+ (ii) the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result;
+ (iii) the shape which gives substantial value to the goods;
+ (f) trade marks which are contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality;
+ (g) trade marks which are of such a nature as to deceive the public, for instance as to the nature, quality or geographical origin of the goods or service;
+ (h) trade marks which have not been authorised by the competent authorities and are to be refused pursuant to Article 6*ter* of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Paris Convention’;
+ (i) trade marks which include badges, emblems or escutcheons other than those covered by Article 6*ter* of the Paris Convention and which are of particular public interest, unless the consent of the competent authority to their registration has been given;
+ (j) trade marks for wines which contain or consist of a geographical indication identifying wines or for spirits which contain or consist of a geographical indication identifying spirits with respect to such wines or spirits not having that origin;
+ (k) trade marks which contain or consist of a designation of origin or a geographical indication registered in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006 on the protection of geographical indications and designations of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs (6) wh…