REGULATION (EU) 2017/1001 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the European Union trade mark

Preamble
CHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Articles
CHAPTER II - THE LAW RELATING TO TRADE MARKS
- SECTION 1 - Definition of an EU trade mark and obtaining an EU trade mark
- SECTION 2 - Effects of an EU trade mark
- SECTION 3 - Use of an EU trade mark
- SECTION 4 - EU trade marks as objects of property
CHAPTER III - APPLICATION FOR EU TRADE MARKS
- SECTION 1 - Filing of applications and the conditions which govern them
- SECTION 2 - Priority
- SECTION 3 - Exhibition priority
- SECTION 4 - Seniority of a national trade mark
CHAPTER IV - REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
- SECTION 1 - Examination of applications
- SECTION 2 - Search
- SECTION 3 - Publication of the application
- SECTION 4 - Observations by third parties and opposition
- SECTION 5 - Withdrawal, restriction, amendment and division of the application
- SECTION 6 - Registration
CHAPTER V - DURATION, RENEWAL, ALTERATION AND DIVISION OF EU TRADE MARKS
- Articles
CHAPTER VI - SURRENDER, REVOCATION AND INVALIDITY
- SECTION 1 - Surrender
- SECTION 2 - Grounds for revocation
- SECTION 3 - Grounds for invalidity
- SECTION 4 - Consequences of revocation and invalidity
- SECTION 5 - Proceedings in the office in relation to revocation or invalidity
CHAPTER VII - APPEALS
- Articles
CHAPTER VIII - SPECIFIC PROVISIONS ON EUROPEAN UNION COLLECTIVE MARKS AND CERTIFICATION MARKS
- SECTION 1 - EU collective marks
- SECTION 2 - EU certification marks
CHAPTER IX - PROCEDURE
- SECTION 1 - General provisions
- SECTION 2 - Costs
- SECTION 3 - Information which may be made available to the public and to the authorities of the Member States
- SECTION 4 - Representation
CHAPTER X - JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE IN LEGAL ACTIONS RELATING TO EU TRADE MARKS
- SECTION 1 - Application of Union rules on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
- SECTION 2 - Disputes concerning the infringement and validity of EU trade marks
- SECTION 3 - Other disputes concerning EU trade marks
CHAPTER XI - EFFECTS ON THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES
- SECTION 1 - Civil actions on the basis of more than one trade mark
- SECTION 2 - Application of national laws for the purpose of prohibiting the use of EU trade marks
- SECTION 3 - Conversion into a national trade mark application
CHAPTER XII - THE OFFICE
- SECTION 1 - General provisions
- SECTION 2 - Tasks of the office and cooperation to promote convergence
- SECTION 3 - Management Board
- SECTION 4 - Executive Director
- SECTION 5 - Implementation of procedures
- SECTION 6 - Budget and financial control
CHAPTER XIII - INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS
- SECTION 1 - General provisions
- SECTION 2 - International registration on the basis of applications for an EU trade mark and of EU trade marks
- SECTION 3 - International registrations designating the Union
CHAPTER XIV - FINAL PROVISIONS
- Articles
ANNEXES
- Articles

Preamble

Article 1 - EU trade mark

Article 2 - Office

Article 3 - Capacity to act

Article 4 - Signs of which an EU trade mark may consist

Article 5 - Persons who can be proprietors of EU trade marks

Article 6 - Means whereby an EU trade mark is obtained

Article 7 - Absolute grounds for refusal

Article 8 - Relative grounds for refusal

Article 9 - Rights conferred by an EU trade mark

Article 10 - Right to prohibit preparatory acts

Article 11 - Date from which rights against third parties prevail

Article 12 - Reproduction of an EU trade mark in a dictionary

Article 13 - Prohibition of the use of an EU trade mark registered in the name of an agent

Article 14 - Limitation of the effects of an EU trade mark

Article 15 - Exhaustion of the rights conferred by an EU trade mark

Article 16 - Intervening right of the proprietor of a later registered trade mark

Article 17 - Complementary application of national law relating to infringement

Article 18 - Use of an EU trade mark

Article 19 - Dealing with EU trade marks as national trade marks

Article 20 - Transfer

Article 21 - Transfer of a trade mark registered in the name of an agent

Article 22 - Rights in rem

Article 23 - Levy of execution

Article 24 - Insolvency proceedings

Article 25 - Licensing

Article 26 - Procedure for entering licences and other rights in the Register

Article 27 - Effects vis-à-vis third parties

Article 28 - The application for an EU trade mark as an object of property

Article 29 - Procedure for cancelling or modifying the entry in the Register

Article 30 - Filing of applications

Article 31 - Conditions with which applications must comply

Article 32 - Date of filing

Article 33 - Designation and classification of goods and services

Article 34 - Right of priority

Article 35 - Claiming priority

Article 36 - Effect of priority right

Article 37 - Equivalence of Union filing with national filing

Article 38 - Exhibition priority

Article 39 - Claiming seniority of a national trade mark in an application

Article 40 - Claiming seniority of a national trade mark after registration

Article 41 - Examination of the conditions of filing

Article 42 - Examination as to absolute grounds for refusal

Article 43 - Search report

Article 44 - Publication of the application

Article 45 - Observations by third parties

Article 46 - Opposition

Article 47 - Examination of opposition

Article 48 - Delegation of powers

Article 49 - Withdrawal, restriction, amendment and division of the application

Article 50 - Division of the application

Article 51 - Registration

Article 52 - Duration of registration

Article 53 - Renewal

Article 54 - Alteration

Article 55 - Change of the name or address

Article 56 - Division of the registration

Article 57 - Surrender

Article 58 - Grounds for revocation

Article 59 - Absolute grounds for invalidity

Article 60 - Relative grounds for invalidity

Article 61 - Limitation in consequence of acquiescence

Article 62 - Consequences of revocation and invalidity

Article 63 - Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity

Article 64 - Examination of the application

Article 65 - Delegation of powers

Article 66 - Decisions subject to appeal

Article 67 - Persons entitled to appeal and to be parties to appeal proceedings

Article 68 - Time limit and form of appeal

Article 69 - Revision of decisions in ex parte cases

Article 70 - Examination of appeals

Article 71 - Decisions in respect of appeals

Article 72 - Actions before the Court of Justice

Article 73 - Delegation of powers

Article 74 - EU collective marks

Article 75 - Regulations governing use of an EU collective mark

Article 76 - Refusal of the application

Article 77 - Observations by third parties

Article 78 - Use of marks

Article 79 - Amendment of the regulations governing use of the EU collective mark