Greece | World Trademark Review worldtrademarkreview.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from worldtrademarkreview.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Trademark law, rules and regulations
Trademarks in Greece are regulated by Law 4679/2020, which implements the EU Trademark Directive 2015/2436 and the EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Directive (2004/48). Law 4679/2020 replaced Law 4072/2012.
Unregistered marks are protected in Greece under unfair competition law provisions, namely Law 146/1914. EU trademarks – protected throughout the European Union (including Greece) – are regulated by EU Regulation 2017/1001, which is directly applicable in Greece.
Greece has also ratified the following international laws:
the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (through Law 213/1975);
the Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Trademarks (through Law 2783/2000); and
the Nice Agreement on the Classification of Goods and Services (through Law 2505/1997).