WORLD TRADE 
ORGANIZATION 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights IPINJlIHUN/T! 1 
2 October 1996 
(96-3972) 
Original: English 
MAIN DEDICATED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS AND REGULATIONS 
NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE AGREEMENT 
Hungary 
The present document reproduces the text of the Law on Trademarks No. IX of 19691, as 
notified by Hungary under Article 63.2 of the Agreement (see document IP/N/l/HUN!I). 
lEngHsh only rP/NfVHUNlT/l 
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EUl:GlUtY 
Ia.w on Trademarks 
INo. IX_'of 1969/ 
3?ART. I 
Legal Protection of , ,Trademarks 
CRAP.I:ER I 
Condi tiol'}s of Trademar}~ Protection 
Article 1 
Subject IVfatter of Trademark P:r:otection 
Under the present LatV ~ all marks shall be granted trade­
merIt pl."otection which 
/a/ are approptiateto distinguish goods and services /herein­
after Hgoodstt; :form other goods, s:nd . 
/b/ the p:r'otection of which is not'excluded by law. 
:Article 2 
Distinctive Charactex 
/11 A mark is appropriate for distinguishing if 'it gives to 
the g,oods compaxed with identical or siL1.ilar' goods a special,­
different character. 
/2/ A mark can consis~ of·a word~ a combination of words, 
a figure, a picture; a 'combination of colors: a two or three­
dimensional. dev'ice, ,an' audio or 'visual signal or a oombinatioll 
o~ these elements. 
/3/ A mark 1.acks dist.inctive character particularly where 
/a/ it i~ u~e,d' generally to indicate ,the ,product; 
/b/ it -indicates exclusi vel:v the kind, quali t:y, quantity, 
characteristics, purpose, value, plase ,of origin or time 
of production of the goods. IPlN/IlHUN/T/l 
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Marks Excludedfo.I:m Trademark Protection 
/1/ A mark shall not be granted trademarlc protection 
/a/ it is liable to create confusion; 
/bl its use would be oontrary to la\v or socially accepted 
moral rule s ; , 
lel it infringesi11dividual rights of tllird parties; 
Id! it is i.4entical ox confusingly similar to a trademark held 
by a thlrdparty and vlell-knovl:o in the countr:>'." even if 
that trademark is not ree;istexed in the country. 
/2/ Trademark protection shall not be granteu to a mark 
which consists e:::clusivel:y 01: the name, abbreviation, flag, 
armorial bea.:ring or emblem of a state) an authority or an inter­
national ox intergovernmen'tal organization, or the imitation 
thereof; such marks maj1 be used, however, with the authorization 
of the competent authority, as elements of trademarks. 
13/'With respeot to identical or similar goods, a mark shall 
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not be granted trademark prot(:c-cion if: 
la/ it consists of official signs or hall-marks indic~ting c0:t1~ 
trol and warrant:y, ox imitations thereof; , 
/bl it has been under trademark protection for the benefit 
of a tbird part:y and!" the protection having expired because 
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of surrender or failure to renew, less than two yeaxs have 
elapsed s;Lnce such expiration; 
/el it is identical or Similar, to a deg:ree.<liable to create con­
fusion, to a third party's trademark registered on an earlier 
pri~:rit:y date or to a tradama:rl:. effectivel~ used bu~ not 
registered; 
Id! it is the n.ame of a pr;;tec;ted, plali"!:; va:riety or animal breed", IPfNl1lHUN/T 11 
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CIIllTER II 
Rights and Duties Deriving :from Trademark Protection 
P...rticle 4 
Right to Tradcrnar:2 r.cotection 
/1/ The right to a trademark and ,to legal protection thereof 
shall be enj eyed onlJl by a party who has registered the mark in 
accordance with the prooedure 'laiddo\~rn in this Law. If more than 
one applicant seeks 'registration of the same marl:: or of similar 
marks, the trademark shall be registered in the name of the 
party with the' earlier priority date, unless an interested party 
shows use prior to the priority date. 
/2/ Trademark protection shall be granted to an enterprise 
a cooperative, e,r to an:! ether organ or party entitled. to pursue 
eoonomi"c activities /hc:reinafter Gol1eotively desi;gnated an 
Henterprisea/. 
/3/ Associatj..ons of enterpri,ses having legal personality 
/trade unions, professional associations, etc./ shall obtain col­
lective trademark pr,otection for trademarks intended to be used 
by associate enterprises, even"where such associations are not 
entitled to engage, in economic aotivities, provided 
la/ the goods. of the 'enterprises have some common characteris­
tics le.g. regional character/, and 
/b/ the colleotive trademark is used by the enterprises under 
the control of the association. 
Article 5 
Obtaining Trademark ProtGction 
Trademerk protection is obtained bJ registration, with 
retroaotive effect to the date of filing. IPfNI1!HUN/T 11 
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Article 6 
Duration of Trademark Protection 
"'JI" .. /1/ Trademark protection shall have a duratioIi o:t.tonyears, 
beginning on the dat.i of filing the applioation. 
/2/ Trademark protection shall be renewable for further 
periods of t,en years. In case of renewal, the new period of 
protection begins on the day aftcrtha date of expiration of 
the previous period .. 
lu:ticle 7 
Effect of Trademark Protection 
The proprietor of a trademark shall, on' the basis of trade~ 
mark protection and within the limits fixed by legislation, 
enjoy the exclusive right to use the tradcnnark for goods enume­
rated ont the list of goods, or to grant licenses to othors for 
its use. 
Contracts of Exploitation 
P...rticle 8 
Conelusionof Contracts of ExplOitation 
On the baSis of a contract,of. 0:ig)loitation /agreement 
granting a trademark l.icense/"the proprietor of the trademark 
grants a lioense 'for the use of the trademark; in exchange 
. '.-the user is under obligation to pa.y royalties. 
Article 9 
Rights and Obligations _of the Partios 
/1/ A license agreem.ent grantsJ for the duration of trade-IPfNlllHUN/T 11 
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mark prot~etion, the'rig~t to use the tradcmarlt"vlithout ter­
ritorial limitation, for all goodsenumoratcd on the list of 
gC'ods. Howevor, unless expressly stipulated, the user shall 
have no exclusive right of e:=:ploitation, and, unless c;;:pressl:y 
authorized by i'ihe proprietor of the trademarl\:, he shall not 
grant afur'ther license to a third party. 
/2/ The prvprietoxo:E the tradem.ark may stipulo.te in the 
contra.ct that the trademark shall bo used only for goods ha'ving 
a specific quality. In such case, he shall have the right to 
control the quality of the goods, even if this is not monti~ 
in the oontract. 
/3/ The oontract of o:>...--ploitation is veid. if its existence 
or application is liable to cr~atc confusion • 
. Article 10 
E~iration of the Contract of E=~loitation 
The contract of o~loit&tion expires, with prospective 
effect f "rhen the duration fixed in it, come s to a.n end, or if 
certain specified cixcumstances occur • 
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Effect of the Rules Relating to the Oontraot ef }l;xploitation 
/1/ The parties, by m.utualconsent, may l~ down terms that 
di:ffer from the provisions relating to contracts cfexploitation, 
where this is Dot prohibited by legislation. 
/2/ Matters relating to contracts of c:;q>loitation and 'not, 
covered by this Law shall be governed by the proyisions of the 
Civil O,dc ~ CHAPl'ER IV 
Transfer of Rights 
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/1/ The successor in title to an entorprise ob~'P.ins trade­
l11axk protection along vvith th:: entcrpris.c., 
/2/ Tradem&rk protection shall be assignable by oontract. 
The contract of assignment is void where the sucoessor in title 
has no capacity to acquire trademark pr9tootion, or wh0rc the - . assignment would cause the tradema:rk to be'e):;cluded :from pro-
tection, and especiall:y where the assignment may lead to fraud. 
13/ Matters of trans:fer of rights, not covered by thiS' Law, 
are govcrnedby t,he provisions ef the Civil Code. 
Infringem.ent 
Infringement of Trademark 
/1/ Any party who uses another party's trademark or any 
confusingly Similar mark, for go~ds on the list of goods, or 
i,or similar goods ,commits tradomark infringem<;;nt. 
/2/ The proprietor of the tl."ademark shall have the, follo\V'ing 
civil. remedies-against the -infringer, depending OIl the circums­
tanpes of the case: 
la/ the right to petition the courts for a declaration of in­
fringement ; 
/bl the;right to seck an injunction against present and future 
infringoment; lP/NIl lHUNIT 11 
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I cl the right to dClno,nd satis·:'~qcti. on from the infringer b~ 
v;o:y of a declaration or h: other appropriate means; 'if 
necessary, thedcclara:bioll sha.ll be mado public by the 
infringer or at his expense; 
Id/ the right to demand restitution of the cnricp..mcnt ob­
tained b:ythc trademark infringement; 
/0/ the right to seek a C0~~tortl0r for ,seizure of th0 inst.ru­
mcnts usod it:!: the infringement and of tihe ,infringing 
products. 
/3/ The court ma:y rulc, deponding on the circumstances 
ofthc Gase, that the seized in.struments and products bo di­
'Vosted of their infringing character or bo auctioned pursuant 
to judicial procedure; in tho latter case the ccurt shall fix 
the Sum to be colloct~d. 
/4/ I:f the :trademark infringement has caused material 
damage, damages shall be payable under the relevant I;rovisions 
of ~he Civil Oode~ In assessing damages thG impaot of the trade­
m.ark infringement on the entire economic activity of the enter­
prise shall be taken into consideration. 
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Rights of the User in the Event of Trademark Infringement 
In the G\lont of trademark infringement J the rogistercd user 
m.ay insti.tuto proceedings. in his :'wn name, pro'Vidad he has 
previously called upon the pI'oprietor ()f the trademark to take 
apprvpriate action in order to put a step to the infringem'~nt 
and the latter has failed to take action' within thirtJ1 days. 
,Artj.clc 15 
DeciSion of l'ic-1.1-Infring0ment 
:El/ ltn:y party wh<~ fears that pr~<coodings f0r tr£ldcmo.rk 
infringement will bo insti t;,,,,"ted against him ma:y, before the 
instituti,on of such pxoccc~:j ::~"':s, :r:~g\lcst a do.cision ruling that IP/N!lIHUNlT/l 
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the mark usod or desired to be used by him does ,:not infringe.' 
a po.rticular trademo..rk specified bJ1 h:t;m. 
/2/ ,A final decision of non-infringement beers the institu:: 
tion of infringement prececdings on th.e bD-sis of ,the trademark 
concerned. 
CF...A..P.r)~ VI 
E:-:;pirv..tion of Tro.domnrk Protection 
.Article 16 
Causes of E:J:piration 
Trademark protcetion shall expire: 
/a/ when the period of pretcction cxpirGfS 'Without renc\yal, 
on the day :following the date of e~irationf 
/b/ if the proprietor surrGndcrs his'trademark, ont the day 
following receipt 'of the surrcn:dcr, or on un earlier date 
spocified by the party surrcndo.ring the trademark; 
le/ if the trademark has not been used ini; the, oountry for fi'Vc: 
years, on the dD.tc specified in the decision declaring 
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expiration; 
Id! if an enterprise entitled to a trademark or an ergnni,zo.­
tion entitlod to a colleotive trademark. has oeased to CJtig.t 
withoutlea.ving· a sucecsaor in title, en the dny it ceases 
to eiistJ 
le/ if the tradem.ark 1'8 deelc.rod null and VOid, with'retre- . 
active effect to the date of filing of the a.pplication ' 
/ Artiole 19/1/ I. ,.' 
Article 17 
Surrender o:f Trademark Protecti"n 
The pr:)prietor of a trademark may surrender tradGmnxk 
protection by ~ittendea.ru:ntion addressed to the Na.tional IP/NllIHUNlTf1 
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Office of Inventions., If surrGllder af£ect.s the r~ghts of third 
parties bused on legislation, on decisions of nIl authority, or 
on a license agreement, surrender shall,take effect only nth 
the consent of' the parties concorned • 
.P...:rticle 18 
Expiration. :r..,r Icek of Use 
J~/l/ A tradcmo.:bk is used on goods o.nd 'W'rappcrs und in 
business correspondenoe and advertising., 
/2/ E.A.~irntioIl of protection sho'll net be declared for l.aok 
of use if the pr opri.et or, sho'\rys'o.dequ~te ,jusiiification..; 
Axtic1.c 19 
Nullity of and Limitations on Tradomark Protection 
. /1/ Trndc~k pr3tection shall be declared null a.nd void 
with retroa~tive effect to its origin, if the mark does not 
sa.tisfy the requirements laid 'dovm in Articles 1 to ~~ 
/2/ If f,ive -years' have cl:)psed since registration and the 
tradem.ark hus beoome known t:t..r~ugh effective use, nullity 
shal.l be decla.rc·9- only if such use is oontrary, to law or social1:y 
accepted moral rules / .Article 3/1/ /b/ I. r, 
/3/ If conditions of nullity'exist only in relo.tion to D. part . ;" , 
of the list.of goods of it he trademul!k, the list shD..ll. be l.imited 
accordingly. 
PART II 
CHAPJ:ER VII 
General Regulations for acd.edure bef'nre t:p.e Nati()nul. Offioe 
,of Invontions Art~ .!le 20 . IPINII/HUN/TI 1 
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Powers of the Nationo.l Offico 0·£ Inventions 
The' National O:ffice of Inventions, is empovleredto 
/0./ register trademarks; 
Ib/ renew :pr~tcctiollof i;rudomo.rks; 
le/ declare cxpirution of trndemn.rk protection; 
Id! declare nullity of trad";Lnrk protection; 
/e/ declare non-infringement; 
If I deal lIvith matters oonoerning the registration oftro.de­
marks 
Article ~21 
Application of the General Previsions on J..dministratille 
Procedure 
/1/ The National Office of Inventions shall procoed in 
trademark m.o:tters, subject to the e~rceptions prescribed in 
this Law, by c.pplying Lo.w ~10. IV of 1957 on the General Pre-
1,'i610n5 on Adrainistrative Pxocodure. In the cases speeified ~ 
in special legislo.tion, the: H~'+;icl1cl Office of .Inventions takes 
decisions incD.mern. 
/2/ The Nv.ticnnl Office of Inventions shall not set ~side 
or modify its decisions on trademark matters taken on the'merits. 
Its decisions shall not be invalidated or changed b~ n. super-rvisory 
c.uthority; they shall be ii7ithout ap:peal~ 
/3/ Decisi~ns in 'trudCmo.l.'k matters taken' by the National 
Office of Inventions may be modified by the court under the 
provisj~ons of Article ,7" 
Article 22 
Power of Attcrl1.e:y 
/1/ ·:rhe Natiol'ln.l Office of Inventions mo:y order the poxty 
where warranted, to v.uthorize a patent attorney or an o.ttornGY IP/N/lIHUNIT!l 
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ut 1.aw in order to represe:q.t him jOintly or alone. > 
/2/ ,~ alien shall be cbli.ged to give power of attornej' to 
an attorney at law, 0. putent attorne-y or other qunlified,:person, 
in order ,to represent him in p:roce~.din.gs before the ~lo.tionv.l 
Of:fice of Inventions. 
J\rti::,J.e 23 
Registrotion of Trademo.:rk Mutters 
11/ The National Office Ai' Inventions shall keep a :Regi~­
ter of the registered trademc.rks nnd the rights and facts re la­
tive thereto tI All relevant circumstances shall be recorded 
therein. 
/2/ Any right relative to .... trademo.rk protection m.ay· be 
invoked against 0. third party ,who·has,,acquired his righ~in 
good faith only if it is recoxded in the Register. 
/3/ Information shall b7 recorded in·' the Register~nly on 
the bo.sis of final decisions of the Nationb.l Office of Inventions 
or of a court. 
/4/ The Trademark Regis·t0::~t shall be accessible to anyone; 
copies of the information, it contains sho'll be aVD.iln.ble on reguest 
15/ All decisions and all facts the publication ef which :t.s 
prescribed.by legislation shall be published in th~ Official 
Gazette of ,the Na1iional Office of Inventions. 
A:r~icle 24 " 
Restoratio,nQf,R~ghts 
In tradomark proceedings -unless prohibited by legisla­
tion -u request for <the restoration 'of rights can be submitted 
within fifteen days from the unobserved·time limit, orthc :Last 
day of the unobserved period.. Lvrticle 25 
Use of Lrlnguagos' IP/N/l/HUN/! /1 
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Intradcmz:.u:?k proceedings, documents in fereign l:tnguages 
may also be submitted; the :Nc.tiono.l Office of Inventions moy, 
h!nvevor, require 0. .trnnslatio!l into the Hungarian lunguage .. 
CHlUTER VIII 
Trademark Registration Procedure 
.Article 26 
Appli euti on for the·Registration of a T.rudemork 
/1/ The prooedure for trademark regist:r:o:tion sht!ll begin 
wi:iihthe filing 6f an application vlith the Nntionul Office of 
Inventions. 
/2/ ~he applioation shnll consist of the cl~im, inf"rmation 
concerning the :required data and other enclesure·s. ]):)tniled 
regul.utiol1s c~ncerning the :fc:rL~n.litiGS t~ be complied\1ith in 
.tro.demark applications shull be published by the President e:f 
the Nationo.l Office of Invontions in the O.ff'icial Guzette in 
the form of n notice. 
/3/ Rights can be based only on an D.pplicatio~ which con­
tains at lc~st the name and address of the a.pplion.nt ns well 
as the mark to bo registered and the list of goods. 
Ar~iclo 27 
Priority, 
/1/ The date 0f priority giving 1."i5,e to 3. right .of :priority 
sho.ll be: , IP/N/lIHUNlTll 
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/0./ gener::tlly, the ~ on' \1hieh ~h0 cpplicn:tion fer registra-' 
tioD. of 0. trademark arrived at the' Nationa.l Office of 
, , 
Inventions /upplicntion priorltJ'/; 
/b/ in the ouse s defined by spo oin.1, legisla:ti6n, th.e filing 'date 
of the foreign applico.tiol'l /Convention priority/; 
/ cl in the c(tsos dctexmindcd ');j an announcement o:f the Pre~ 
sidont of the Notional Office of Inventions published in 
the Official Gazette, the do::! of theoxbibition of the 
trademark /exhibition priorit~/. 
/2~ The'erder of,pri~rit:y ofo.pplioutions uhioh arrived on 
i7:.le sama day sbo.l.l be dt3termilled by their 501:i9-1 number intho: 
, ::r' 
ld..st';~ of npplioations # < 
',~ /3/ ~he priori~y defined in paragraph /1/ /b/und /01 can 
be claimed only by he. pnrtJ who :b.as submitted his declaration .' 
of priority simultunceusl'Y w~th the tradem:\:rk applicution. ' 
The document establishing priori:ty shul1 be submitted _ 'on 
pain of" 1.oss _91: the :priority' right -within three months of 
the filing of the application. 
Article 28 
Formal Exo.m.ination of thG Trndemark Applicc.tion 
/1/ Tht9 l'iationo.l Offiec of Inventions smll cxruninc the -
tro.domnxk upplioutiO:Q in order to ascertain whether 'it com-,. 
l.i(.lS with the re qu.iremont s proscribed in Article 26 /2/ and /3/. 
,-/2/ If the 'tradem:lrk. D.pplica.tio~ is so incomplete th3t no : . ' :right.cnn be bc.sed.on.it /A.rticle26 1;//, the application !Sho.l~· 
be rejected '\vithout :further procedure. 
/?;/ " If the trademark applicction does not ccmpl:y with the 
requirements Bet-forth in Article ~6 /2/, the applicant shall" IP/NII/HUN/T 11 
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be invited t~ remed:y the defects .. If theinvito.tion, is not 
'complied with, the application for n trc.demo.rk shall be r19-
jec~ed. 
P.rticle 29 
Subst~ntive Exo.mination of the Trademark Application . " 
/1/ The National Office of Inventions shall examine the 
5ubst~nce of the trademark applico.tion in regClJ!d to the f?lloVling 
pOints: 
la/ whether the mo.rk complies "~vith the requirements preseribed 
in'" ..Arti cle s It 0 ,,; cnd 
Vb/ ~hether the, application benefits from.'the claimed right 
of priority. 
/2/IJ? the examination as to substance reveals defects,the 
applicant shall be invited to remedy the same according to their 
character or,to give an explanation • 
. ,/3/ If the Nc~:tional Office of Inventions finds at the ex­
piration of the delay set that the defects were not remedied, 
or in spite of this $ that the sign is not fit for registration,' 
it sllall:reject the application. 
Article 30 
Modification 
/1/ The applieant m.ay :oot modit'y the. trademark :shown in' 
. the applioation.' ',10' ,', 
/2/ The 'list of goods of the trademark may not be enlarged. 
Article 31 
Registration of the Trademark 
. Depending on the results of the examination as to substance, IP/N/I/HUNfTll 
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the Natienal Office .of Inventions shall register the trademark 
or reject the application. 
Article 32 
Publication of the Trademark 
The National Office .of Inventiens issues a trademark cer­
tificate. The tradem.ark shall be entered in the Register of 
Trademarks and published in the Official Gazette of the 
Uational,Office of Inventions. 
Procedure in the l~ational Office of Inventions in 
Matters .of Registered Trademarks 
Axticle 33 
Renewal Procedure 
/I/The proprieter of the t~ademark shall appl:y to the 
National Office of Inventions for renewal of trademark p:::o­
t,e,otion, gi"l'Jing the registration serial number. 
/2/ Renewal shall not contain modifications .of the final 
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version .of t~e,trademark ~egistered. 
13/Renewal of trademark.protection shall be recorded in 
the Register of Trademarksa.nd published in the Of.ficial 
Gazette, of the National Office of Inventions. ' 
Article 34 
Declaration of the Expi::::'ation o:f Trademark Protection 
Expiration of trademarl~ pr<)tection, as prescribed in ,. IP/N1IIHUN/T/l 
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Article 16/b/ to Id/, shall be declared by a decision of the 
National Ofi'ice of Inventions, which s,hall be recorded in the 
Register of Tradema.rks and published int the Of:ficial Gazette 
of the Office. 
Article 35 
Procedure for Declaration of liull.ity and of 
Ex:piration'for Lack of Use 
/11 A:ny partyma.y :request that protection'of a trede-
'. mark be declared null and void, or expired for lack of use .. 
The request with its a~t.t'endicesshall be submitted ·in two 
copies to theliational Of:fice of Inventions t The request shall 
, < state the groun~s upon whi,ch it ~s based. T,he originals of the 
documents in proof or certified copies thereof shall be a.p­
pended to the request. 
/2/ The l.qational Office' of Inventions shall forvlard the 
'request with its appendices to the proprietor of the trade­
'mark and shall invite him'to make a statement~ Following the 
written pre'Parator:y work? the National Office of Inventions 
shall give its decision on J::ullity or expiration in a hearing. 
/3/ If the requ.est is vlithd..r~wn, proceeding ma.:y be con­
tinued ex officio. In ,t<hep~rceeding no settlement is permitted. 
/4/ The-losing' party shall be required ~opay the oost of 
the procedure.' 
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15/ Expiration shall be recorded int the Register of Trade­
marks and published in the Official Gazette of the National 
Office of Inventions. IPINIl/HUNIT 11 
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Article 36 
Proceeding for a Deeision on }lon-Infringement 
/1/ The petitioner shall submit 13.i5 request for a decision 
on non-infringement to the J:Jational Office of Inventions,' 
showing the mark used or'to be useCi. as v;el1 as the list of 
goods and specifying the trademarli: in question" The National 
Office of Inventions shall give its decision on non-inf:ringe­
ment in a hearing. 
/2/ :Che eostsof the proced~re ,for a decision on nbn-infringement 
shall be' born by the petitioner, 
CC\urt Precedure in Trademark Cases 
Article 37 
Revi.w of Deeisions Take),l by the l:rational Office 
of ·~ventions 
/1/ On request, the court may review the decisions of the 
:National Of'fiee of Inventions taken, with :regard to: 
-la/.registering the trademark or errs entry in the Register; 
. /b/ declaration of \3:A--piration of tr~damark protection; 
le/ declaration of nullity of t~adema:rk protection; 
Id! nOIl-infringement. 
/2/ A;ny person who, ~ook part, as ,,8 part:y t in the' proceed­
ings at; the National Offioe of Inventions or who has a legal IP/NI1 IHUN/TJ 1 
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interest· in review of the decision, or the proeurato~t ma.:y 
request that the dGcision be reviewed. ~ 
./3/ The period within which such a request', shall be sub­
mitted shall be thirtJ days from the day on vlhi'ch the part:y 
vlasnotifiGd of the decision .. 
/41 The request shall be submitted either to the National 
Office of Inventions or to t~l(, court .. The 14ational Office of 
Inventions shall forward the request, together with the rele­
vant documents, "~vi thin eight day s • 
Article 38 
Jurisdiction 
/1/" eour.t. proeeedings for a review of decisions taken by 
the liational Office of Inventions shall be under the exclusive 
jurisdiction of the Metr~politan Court of Bud~pest •. 
/2/ The Supreme C9urt shall have jurisdiction to deal 
with appeals 'lodged against deciSions of the Metropolitan 
Court of Budape st .. 
Article 39 
Composition of the Court 
-In such proceedings, the 'bench of the lktro'Poli tan Court 
ef Budapest shall consist of . three professional judges. 
.. p...rticle 40 
Applieat!on of the Provisions of the Code of Ci~il 
Procedure 
/1/ In ca:ses involving requests for the,xevfew qf a de-IP/NlllHUN1T 11 
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, cision on'a trademark, th~ Court shall proceed in accordance 
with th0~ulesof unon-eo,ntentiousU civil procedure, with-the 
departure's mentionod in this "Chapter. The procurator shall 
enjoy all rights which he otherwise has under such procedq,re,. 
/2/ Th:ecourt of first, instance shall take evidence in 
accordance with the proviF1io:Js of the Codo of Civil Procedure 
and' shall conduct a trial~ If the case can be settled on the 
basis of doc'umentar:y evidence, the court may take a d0cision 
without a trial, but the party, on request, shall be heard .. 
/3/ The decision taken by the court of first instance shall 
be dealt with by the court of appeal' inaocordance \nth the 
p;Co\fisions of the Code of Civil Proc0du:r:~ ~ the court may also 
take ,.;evideIloe' vtithin oertain llmits .. 
P..rticle 41 
Incompatibility 
/1/ In addition to the persons lisiired in ,.~rtie,les 13 'to 15 
and 21 of the Code of-Civil Procedure, no one shall considex 
the case and act as judge, if ile 
lal participated ,in taking the decision at .. the r~ational Of­
fioe of ,Inventions; 
/b/ is a relative, former husband or wife -as stated in ~~ti-
cle 13/2/ of the Code of Civil Procedure of a person 
mentioned under / a/ ab(,ve. 
/2/ The provisions of paragraph /1/ shall also apply to 
eourt reporters and,experts. 
Article 42 
Resto:o:ation of .Rights " 
The provisions of Article 24 shall appl:; to claims for IPINI 1 !HUN/Tll 
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restoration of rights in proceedings of the Court', 
Articie 43 
Representatibn 
In addition to the pers\)",:s listed in Article 67/1/ of the 
Code of Civil Procedure, patent attorne:ys may also act as 
representatives. 
Article 44 
Decisions 
/1/ If the eou,rt ehanges a decision taken in a trademarlc 
ease, the eourt judgement shall re}?laee the decision of the 
l'1ational Office of Inventions. 
/2/ The court shall vacate the decision and order theNa­
ti'ollal' Office of Inventiol1:sto start new proceedings if a per­
~on against whom incompatibility ma:y be invoked,'participated 
in the taking of the decision or if important rules of procedure 
were 'infringed du:ring the proceedings which cannot be remedied 
by the court. 
Article 45 
Review to Safeguurd Legality 
As to the review to safeguard legality, final decisions dis­
missing an ~pplieation for trademark registration, declaring 
eA~ir&tion of, protection~ or ~~eclaring nullilY of trademark. 
protection, can~ot be set nside on the merits, and the Supreme. 
Court shall be restricted to a rqlingof error ot law •. IPlNI I/HUN/T 11 
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CH../tPl:ER XI 
Tradem.ark Litigation 
Article 46 
Jurisdiction 
/1) Court pro.eeedings for trademarlc infringement shell 
be uncter ~the ej~clusive territorial and subje~t matter jurisdic­
tion of the rJIetropolitan Court of Budnpest. 
/2/ III suc~ prnceedings, the bench of the Il!etropolitan 
Oourt of Budapest shall be composed ns prescribed in Arti­
ele 39., 
/3/ In the eourt proceedings referred to in paragraph /1/, 
the provisions of' the Code of Oi vilProcedureshall apply as 
v.re~l es the provisions of li.ri;icles 41 and Ll<3 of this Law. 
/4/ In any other tr3demark litigation not mentioned iD 
paragraph /1/, the courts of comitats lor the Metropolitan 
Court! or the eoonomic cornmissioD of arbitration shall pro­
OGcd in accordanee with the gener2.1 rules# 
PART III 
Final Provisions 
Article '+7 
/1/ This UlW shall ent~r into force on July 1:; 1970 
.. /2/ Simultaneously with the entering into force of this 
Law, the following shall be repealed: 
-the provisions of Lnw l~o. II of 1890 and of W\v No., XLI IPINI 1 IHUNITI 1 
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o~ 1895 on the, protection of trademo.rks still in force, 
legislation' completing and nmending those laws /pro­
'Visions concerning trodE:mnI'ks of La~v Ho .. XI of 191.3, 
U1VIS 1:1b. XII of 1913 ~ No .. }c'{II of 19219 and :No .. xvII 
of 1932, Decree 1'10.. 20700/1948 IXI.24/ of the Minister 
of Industry/, as well as the provisions implementing 
that legislation; 
Artiole 6/1/ and /4/, Articles 7 to 18 of Decr0e 121/1950 
/1V.251 MT of th0'Council of Ministers eoncerning COUl­
'P'41S0I:;r classi:fioution of goods produced in the coulJtry 
and the marking of certain goods. 
131 The President of the; National C01!lmittee of Technical 
Davelopmerrt undthe ~Minister of Justice shall be authorized 
to issue '. by d0cree and in cooperation \vith th.e President of 
the National Office of Inv0ntions.the transitional provisions 
eoneerning the entry into force of this Iow ond other rules 
of implementation. 
/4/ The minister of Justieo shall be authorized to issue, 
in cooper~tion \vith the President of the l-qational Committee 
of Technical .Development a:tJd with the President of the lQational 
Office .of Inventions, detailed rules on court procedure in 
trndemark eases.