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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.’