Yearbook 2019/2020 A global guide for practitioners – Greece

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The most important pieces of legislation governing trademarks in Greece are:

• the Trademark Law (4072/2012, Part 3),
  as amended by Law 4155/2013;
• the Unfair Competition Law (146/1914),
  as amended by Law 3784/2009;
• relevant EU legislation (eg, the EU Trademark Regulation
  (2017/1001) governing substantive aspects of EU trademarks and secondary
  legislation such as the EU Delegated Regulation (2018/625) and the EU
  Implementing Regulation (2018/626) governing some procedural aspects);
• Chapter C of Law 2943/2001, which
  establishes the Greek Community trademark courts;
• Law 213/1975 ratifying the Paris Convention for the
  Protection of Industrial Property;
• Law 2505/1997 ratifying the N ice Agreement on the
  Classification of Goods and Services;
• Law 2290/1995 ratifying the Agreement on Trade-Related
  Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights; and
• Law 2783/2000 ratifying the Madrid Protocol on the
  International Registration of Marks.

This article first appeared in World Trademark Review Yearbook 2019/2020, a supplement to World Trademark Review, published by Globe Business Media Group – IP Division. To view the guide in full, please go to www.WorldTrademarkReview.com.’