This Act regulates the legal protection of well-known and registered trade marks and service marks, rights and obligations related to trade marks and, in the cases provided for in this Act, rights and obligations related to trade marks registered by the European Union Intellectual Property Office on the basis of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Union trade mark (OJ L 154, 16.06.2017, pp. 1–99). The minister responsible for the area shall issue a regulation for the implementation of this Act in matters where the competence of a Member State for taking decisions arises from corresponding legal acts of the European Union or where the right to issue the regulation arises from this Act. A trade mark is a sign used to distinguish the goods or services of a person from other similar types of goods or services of other persons.
Estonie · 2002-05-22