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Registration of marks.
Registration fee.
Right to and priority of claim of a trade mark.
Transfer of right.
Register of marks.
§ 8 .
By the present law nothing is altered in the existing regulations, more especially in those relating to chasing, with regard to special marks decreed for certain goods.
II. —Registration of the Marks.
§ 9.
The Mark for which a manufacturer wishes to secure the exclusive right of use (§ 2), must be handed in in duplicate to the Chamber of Commerce or Trade in whose district the trade enterprise which intends making use of it is situate; one copy will be incorporated in the register of marks to be kept by the Chamber of Commerce or Trade, the other will be returned to the applicant with the receipt described in the following paragraph.
§ 10.
On each of the two copies the functionary appointed by the Chamber of Commerce and Trade has to note—
(a.) The current number of the register ;
(b.) Day and hour of presentation ;
(e.) The name in which the mark is registered;
(d.) Particulars of the trade enterprise for which it is intended ; sign this note and furnish it with the official seal.
11 .
The registration fee is five guldens, which is paid in to the treasury of the Chamber of Commerce.
§ 12 .
The exclusive right to the use of a mark on the part of the depositor begins on the day and at the hour of presenting the mark at the Chamber of Commerce and Trade, and the priority of claim will be judged of accordingly, should the same mark have been deposited by several manufacturers at the same or at different Chambers of Commerce and Trade.
§ 13.
In order to transfer the right to a mark, in accordance with the tenor of § 5, the applicant must furnish proof of the acquisition of the same on the part of the trade enterprise in question.
The transfer is subject to the same fee as the prior registration.
§ 14.
The registers of marks are to be open to every one’s inspection at the Chambers of Commerce and Trade.