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WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/37/Add.1
8November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4737)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
REVIEW OFLEGISLATION ONTRADEMARKS, GEOGRAPHICAL
INDICATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS
Questions posed bytheEuropean Community anditsMember States
BymeansofacommunicationfromthePermanentDelegationoftheCommissionoftheEuropean
Community,dated31October1996,theSecretariathasreceivedquestionsthattheEuropeanCommunity
anditsMember States hadcommunicated toHungary concerning thereview ofnational implementing
legislation intheareas oftrademarks, geographical indications andindustrial designs.
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HUNGARY
Trademarks
1. Please explain therights conferred ontheproprietor ofaHungarian trademark and,inparticular,
whether and,ifso,inwhich cases suchaproprietor hastoprove theexistence ofalikelihood of
confusion where athirdparty uses, without hisauthorization, anidentical orsimilar signforidentical
orsimilar goods orservices.
2. DoesHungarian trademark lawprovide means toactagainst theunauthorized useofaregistered
trademark forgoods orservices which arenotsimilar tothose inrespect ofwhich atrademark is
registered? Ifyes,under whatconditions?
3. Please explain whether trademarks canbeassigned without thetransfer ofthebusiness towhich
thetrademark belongs.