WORLD TRADE IP/N/1/SWE/T/4
17April 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1400)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Sweden
Thepresent document reproduces1thetextofthefollowing lawsandregulations, asnotified
bySweden under Article 63.2oftheAgreement (seedocument IP/N/1/SWE/1):
Page
- Regulation (1970:495) onForeign Trademarks, Etc. 2
- Regulation (1995:1299) Amending theRegulation (1970:495)
onForeign Trademarks, Etc. 4
1InEnglish onlyIP/N/1/SWE/T/4
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THE MINISTRY OFJUSTICE
Stockholm
REGULATION (1970:495) ONFOREIGN TRADEMARKS, ETC.
Section 1.Anyone notconducting business activities inSweden andwhoapplies forregistration of
atrademark inSweden, shallnotberequested tosupply suchacertificate (certificate ofcountry of
origin) asmentioned inArticle 28oftheTrademarks Actwhere hiscountry oforigin is
1.aState party totheParis Convention fortheProtection ofIndustrial Property, ofMarch
20,1883, asrevised atLisbon in1958,
2.aStatewhich isbound byArticles 1to12oftheParis Convention asrevised atStockholm
in1967, or
3.oneofthefollowing States, namely Bresil, Canada, Iceland, thePeople 'sRepublic ofChina
orNewZealand.
Asthecountry oforigin shallbeconsidered thecountry where theperson conducting business activities
hasarealandeffective industrial orcommercial establishment. Where thisperson doesnothavesuch
anestablishment within aStateparty totheParisConvention, thecountry oforigin shallbeconsidered
tobetheState where heisdomiciled, or,ifheisnotdomiciled inanyoftheStates party tothe
Convention, theoneamong those States where heisacitizen.
Section 2.Ifsomeone whoisdomiciled inaStateparty totheParisConvention applies forregistration
ofatrademark which isregistered forhiminhiscountry oforigin, themark mayberegistered in
Sweden suchasitisregistered intheforeign State.
What hasbeensaidnotdoesnotapply ifthetrademark
1.issuchastoinfringe arightwhich inthiscountry hasbeenacquired bysomeone elsethan
theapplicant,
2.isdevoid ofdistinctive character orconsists ofsigns orindications which, inbusiness
activities, mayserve atdesignating thekind, quality, quantity, use,price orgeographical origin, or
thetimeofproduction, ofthegoods orwhich havebecome common inthecurrent language orinbona
fideandestablished practice ofbusiness activities inthiscountry, or
3.iscontrary tomorality orpublic order orissuchastobelikely toobviously deceive the
public.
Inthedetermination ofwhether amark iseligible forregistration under thisSection, alltheactual
circumstances shallbetaken intoconsideration and,inparticular, thelength ofthetimewhen themark
hasbeeninuse.
Anyapplication forregistration ofatrademark which would beeligible forregistration solely byvirtue
ofthisSection, aswellasanyapplication forrenewal ofsucharegistration shallbeaccompanied by
acertificate ofcountry oforigin evenwhere suchacertificate would nototherwise berequired.
Section 3.Where anapplication forregistration hasbeenfiledinaforeign State party totheParis
Convention andaregistration isapplied forinthiscountry within sixmonths from thetimewhen
protection wasfirstapplied forinsuchaState, theapplication filedhereshall, inrelation toother
applications andtousewhich hastaken place ofother symbols, beconsidered tohavebeenfiledat
thesame timeastheapplication intheforeign State. Thesame shallapply where thetrademark hasIP/N/1/SWE/T/4
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beenincluded insuchanapplication outside thecountry which theRegistration Authority, forspecial
reasons, considers tobeequal toanapplication inaState party totheConvention.
Inorder toenjoy thepriority under thefirstparagraph, theapplicant shall, before adecision ismade
onpublication oftheapplication under Article 20oftheTrademarks Act,request priority, inwriting,
andsubmit indications about where andwhen theapplication referred towasmade, andindicate, as
soonaspossible, thenumber oftheapplication referred to.
Section 4.TheRegistration Authority mayrequest theapplicant toprove, within acertain time, the
desired priority byfiling acertificate from theauthority having received theapplication from which
priority isdesired, about thedateoffiling andabout thename oftheapplicant, together withacopy,
certified bythatauthority, oftheapplication documents, and,where appropriate, apicture attached
thereto showing thetrademark. Thetimeallowed shallnotbelessthanthree months fromthefiling
oftheapplication inthiscountry.
Ifarequest under thefirstparagraph isnotcomplied with, priority shallnotbeenjoyed.
Section 5.Theprovisions oftheMarketing Act(Act1975:1418) shallapply inrelation toanyforeign
State party totheParis Convention ortheMadrid Agreement ofApril 14,1891 ontheRepression
ofFalse orDeceptive Indications ofSource onGoods.
Section 6.TheParis Convention, which hasbeenrevised, interalia,attheHague in1925, atLondon
in1934 andatStockholm in1967, applies between Sweden andthefollowing foreign States and
territories, namely (listnotincluded here).
Section 7.Thefollowing States andterritories areparty totheMadrid Agreement: (listnotincluded
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THE MINISTRY OFJUSTICE
Stockholm
Regulation
Amending theRegulation (1970:495) onForeign Trademarks, Etc.
(Swedish Statute Book 1995:1299, ofDecember 7,1995).
TheGovernment prescribes thatSection 5oftheRegulation (1970:495) onForeign Trademarks shall
readasfollows.
Section 5.Theprovisions ofArticle 57oftheMarketing Act(Act1995:450) shallapply inrelation
toanyforeign Stateparty totheParis Convention ortotheMadrid Agreement ofApril 14,1891, on
theRepression ofFalse orDeceptive Indications ofSource onGoods orwhich isamember ofthe
World Trade Organization.
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ThisRegulation enters intoforce onJanuary 1,1996.