Law
to Reform the Law relating to Merchants and Firms and
to Amend other Provisions of Commercial and Company Law
(Commercial Law R~form L~w-HRefG)
of 22 June 1998
The Federal Parliament has passed the following Law: Articles 1 to '12 ... Article 13 Amendment to the Trade Mark Law The Trade Mark Law qf 25 October 1994 (Federal Law Gazette'l page 3082, 1995 I page 156), last amended by. Article 3 paragraph (14) of the Law of 28 October 1996
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1. Section 33 shall be amended as follows:
·(a) A semicolon and the words "Publication of Application:' shall be added to the
heading.
(b) The following subsection (3) shall be added:
"(3) A trade mark application which has been accorded a date of filing shall be ./I published inCluding information identifying the' applicant."·
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2. Section 65 subsection (1) shall be amended as follows:
"14. to regulate .the information to be included in the publication pursuant to section 33 subsection (3) and to determine the extent and the manner of the publication of such information."
3. Section 165 shall be worded as follows:
"Section 165 Transitional Provisions
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for assets involved in insolvenc:;y proceedings and the bankruptcy administrator fo;: the.insolvencyadministrator."·
Article 14
Amendment to the Law Against Unfair Compe~ition
Section 6c, second sentence, of the Law A.Qainst .Unfair Competition-in ·the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette Part III, No. 43-1, 'Iast amended by Article 4 qf the Law of 13 August.1997 (Federal Law Gazette I page 2038), shall be
repealed.
Articles 1-5 to 28 ...
Article 29
Entry into Force
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January 1999.
The constitutional rights of the Federal Council have been heeded.
The above Law is hereby executed and promulgated in the_Federal Law Gazette.
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Berlin, 22 June 1998
The Fed e r a'l Pre sid en t Roman Herzog
The Fed era I "C h·a nee" lor Dr.-Helmut Kohl
The Fed.e r a I Min i s t e r 0 f Jus tic e Schmidt-Jortz'ig
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