WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DUCOMMERCEIP/N/1/SWE/T/2
18April 1996
ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO(96-1424)
Council forTrade-Related Aspects Original: English/
ofIntellectual Property Rights anglais/
inglés
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2OFTHE AGREEMENT
Sweden
Thepresent document reproduces thetextoftheCollective Marks Act(1960:645)1,asnotified
bySweden under Article 63.2oftheAgreement (seedocument IP/N/1/SWE/1).
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THE COLLECTIVE MARKS ACT (1960:645)
Article 1.Anassociation ofpersons conducting business activities may, inthesame wayasapplies
according totheTrademarks Actforindividual persons conducting business activities, acquire, through
registration orthrough establishment onthemarket, exclusive righttoatrademark oranother trade
symbol tobeusedbyamember forgoods andservices which hemakes available inthecourse ofhis
business activity.
Apublic authority, afoundation oranassociation which exercises control ofgoods orservices, may
alsoacquire anexclusive rightinatrademark oranother tradesymbol tobeusedforgoods andservices
which aresubject tocontrol.
Atrademark under thisActiscalled acollective mark.
Article 2.What isprescribed intheTrademarks Actorotherwhere concerning trademarks andother
tradesymbols shall, where appropriate, apply totradesymbols referred toinArticle 1,unless otherwise
follows from whatismentioned below.
Article 3.Anapplication forregistration ofacollective mark shall, inaddition towhatisprovided
forinArticle 17oftheTrademarks Act,contain alsoanindication oftheprovisions under which the
mark maybeused. Where theapplication isapproved, theindication shallberecorded inthetrademark
register.
Iftheprovisions arelaterchanged, theowner ofthemark shallnotify thenewversions forrecordal
intheregister.
Article 4.Withregard toaregistered collective mark, recordal intheregister ofatransfer ofthemark
shallbeallowed oncondition thatthemark inthehands ofthenewowner isnotlikely toobviously
deceive thepublic.
Article 5.Aregistration ofacollective mark maybeinvalidated, inaddition tothereasons setout
inArticle 25oftheTrademarks Act,alsowhere theprovisions inforce concerning theuseofthemark
havenotbeennotified intheprescribed waytotheregister orwhere themark isusedinsuchaway
astodeceive thepublic. Anaction maybebrought byanauthority asdecided bytheGovernment and
byanyone injured bytheregistration orbytheuseofthemark aswellasbyanassociation ofpersons
conducting business activities inthefieldconcerned.
Article 6.Incases concerning infringements oftherightintrade symbols referred tointhisActonly
theowner ofthesymbol shallbeconsidered asaninjured party. Heshallbeentitled toputforward
claims forcompensation alsofordamages caused tootherpersons whohavetherighttousethesymbol.
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TheActentered intoforce onJanuary 1,1961.