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ARTICLE · 23 JANUARY 2019

The German Trademark Law Modernization Act: In Force Now

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In our publication of July 18, 2018, we gave an overview of the most important changes introduced in the trademark law reform.

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In our publication of July 18, 2018, we gave an overview of the most important changes introduced in the trademark law reform. Now the Trademark Law Modernization Act (MaMoG, the new provisions of the German Trademark Act will be referred to as the "new Trademark Act") has come into force on January 14, 2019, although there are individual provisions that have different start dates. The aim of this amendment to the German Trademark Law was to implement all mandatory—and a large number of optional—provisions of EU Directive 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 16, 2015 to approximate the laws of the member states relating to trademarks into German law.

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