Trademarks

Trademarks

Hungarian laws and regulations
European Union laws and regulations
Treaties and Conventions

Hungarian laws and regulations

Act XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trademarks and Geographical Indications

Act No. LXVII of 2018 on Amendments to Certain Acts on Industrial Property (Hungarian only)

Government Decree No. 147 of 2007 (VI. 26.) Korm. on the Detailed Rules Concerning Electronic Filing of Certain Documents in Industrial Property Procedures (consolidated text of Januray 1, 2017) (2017) (Hungarian only)

Decree No. 16 of 2004 (IV.27.) of Minister of Justice (IM) on the Detailed Formal Requirements of Trademark Applications & Applications for the Protection of Geographical Indications (Hungarian only)

Enforcement of decision on intellectual property rights infringement -– Act LIII of 1994 on Judicial Execution [184/A. §] (Hungarian only)

Act CCII of 2011 on the coat of arms and national flag as well as the state decorations of Hungary (Hungarian only)

Decree No. 37/2012. (VIII. 22.) KIM on consent required for granting protection for trade mark and design containing the coat of arms or the national flag (Hungarian only) 

 

European Union laws and regulations

Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)

Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission regulation (EC) 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) 40/94 on the Community trade mark

Commission Regulation (EC) 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

Commission Regulation (EC) No 355/2009 of 31 March 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 2869/95 on the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) and Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark

Commission Regulation (EC) 216/96 of 5 February 1996 laying down the rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

Treaties and Conventions

Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 18/1970 - Hungarian only)

Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the Law Decree 29/1973 - Hungarian only)

Protocol of 1989 Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the Act LXXXIII of 1999 - Hungarian only)

Act XXVI of 2009 on promulgation of the modification of Protocol of 1989 Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks

Common Regulations under the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement
(Promulgated by the Decree 4/2005. (III. 11.) IM - The decree includes both the authorized Hungarian translation and the original English text of the Agreement.)

Trademark Law Treaty
(Promulgated by the Act LXXXIII of 1999 - Hungarian only)

Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks
(Promulgated by the International Agreement 1/1983 - Hungarian only)

Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks

Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
(Promulgated by the Act LX of 2008 - Hungarian only)