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Feb 13, 2019
Dr. Krisztián Tivadar, Tivadar Law Firm, Hungary
First published at www.drtivadar.hu

Change in the Scope of Legal Protection of Trademarks i...


Dr. Krisztián Tivadar, Tivadar Law Firm, Hungary, First published at www.drtivadar.huAct XI of 1997 on the protection of trademarks and geographical indications (“Act”) has been modified by 1 January 2019 through Act LXVII of 2018 on the amendment of certain acts on industrial property right protection. Through the amendments, the legislator primarily intended to fulfil its legal harmonization obligations arising from Directive 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (“Directive”). Considering the diversity of the new amendments  read more