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 ADDENDUM
Article 1 【Date of Entry into Force】
This Law shall enter into force on March
1, 1998.
Article 2 【Transitional Measures as to Application
for Trademark Registration, etc.】
The previous provisions shall apply to the
application for trademark registration, the
application for the registration for renewal
of term of a trademark right, and the examination
on the application for supplementary registration
of designated goods and a trial against a ruling
of refusal made before the entry into force
of this Law.
Article 3 【Transitional Measures as to Trial
against Registered Trademark, etc.】
The previous provisions shall apply to a
trial, retrial and/or litigation with respect
to the registered trademark by the application
for trademark registration, the application
for the registration for renewal of term of
a trademark right and the application for supplementary
registration of designated goods made before
the entry into force of this Law.
Article 4 【Transitional Measures as to Associated
Trademark】
(1) An application for the registration of
an associated trademark or trademark rights
with respect to associated trademarks made before
the entry into force of this Law shall be regarded
as an application for trademark registration
of trademark rights under this Law.
(2) A pending trial for invalidation or cancellation
of a trademark right on grounds of contravention
of the previous provision of Article 11 (1)
of (3), or 54 (2) at the time of the entry into
force of this Law shall be governed by the previous
provisions of this Law.
Article 5 【Transitional Measures as to Trial
for Revocation of Trademark Registration】
Despite the amended provisions of Article
73 (4), the previous provisions shall apply
to a trial for cancellation under Article 73(1)(ⅲ)
for three years from the date of entry into
force of this Law.
Article 6 【Transitional Measures as to Three-Dimensional
Trademark】
(1) Where a person displayed goods with three-dimensional
trademarks in an exhibition under Article 21
(1) before entry into force of this Law, the
date of entry into force of this Law shall be
regarded as the date of display of such goods
in an exhibition when such person makes an application
for registration of the three-dimensional trademark
concerned under the amended provisions of Article
2.
(2) Where a person made an application for
registration of a three-dimensional trademark
in one of the contracting parties of the treaty
under Article 20, the date of entry into force
of this Law shall be regarded as the date of
application for registration in the country
party to the treaty when such person makes an
application for registration of the three-dimensional
trademark concerned under the amended provisions
of Article 2.
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