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Trade marks which are excluded from registration relating to Article 7 (1) (h)
and (i) CTMR
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Legislation Czech Act on Trademarks (No 441/2003 Coll.) § 4 i) is equivalent to Article 7 (1) (h) CTMR – exclusion under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention
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§ 4 j) is equivalent to Article 7 (1) (i) CTMR – exclusion of badges, emblems or escutcheons other than those covered by Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention and which are of particular public interest
The above exclusions are also examined on the basis of the observations by third parties under § 24.
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LegislationSection 4 (i) (Article 7 (1) (h) CTMR)
under Article 6ter of the Paris convention are excluded from registration all signs which constitute or contain armorial bearings, flags and other State emblems, of the countries of the Union, official signs and hallmarks indicating control and warranty adopted by them, and any imitation from a heraldic point of view
exclusion can be overcome by the presentation of the consent of the competent authority to the registration
Article 6ter is not applied to proceedings before the Office in relation to the Czech signs and symbols of national sovereignty – protection is provided by national legislation
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Specific examples of registered trade marks
O-462688Verbal elements are sufficiently specific, referring to a specific international cultural event, toavoid association with the European official structures.
O-163248Verbal elements certainly refer to the applicant (conformity with the company), the circularof stars is proportionalydifferent from a protected symbol.
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Specific examples of registered trade marks
O-355785, O-358732 Red colour is different
from colour of protected symbol,
the circle is not complete,
not cause the association with international organization.
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Specific examples of not registered trade marks
O-424553- the flag of European
Union and a stylization of the Turkish national flag
O-198633- the Swedish national flag
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Specific examples of not registered trade marks
O-439801, O-189252
- protected EU symbol or very close to it
- potential connection between the word elements and the official European structures
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Specific examples of not registered trade marks
O-472810- possible association
with the official European structures
O-487478- protected EU symbol
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Specific examples of not registered trade marks
O-482867- variations of
national flags
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LegislationSection 4 (j) (Article 7 (1) (i) CTMR)
badges, emblems or escutcheons other than those covered by Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention
it is necessary to examine the fact whether society has its particular public interest in a certain sign protection
exclusion can be overcome by the presentation of the consent of the competent authority to the registration
within the research it is important to enforce the identical aspects as in case of exclusions according to the Article 6 ter
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Specific example of registered trade mark
O-478118- opposed escutcheon of
the city Český Brod- some elements of a
sign and escutcheon are identical, but the conceptual similarity of them is significantly different
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Specific example of not registered trade mark
O- 474467- Badge of a Czech city -
Cheb
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