1. The
owner of a
registered trademark shall have the
exclusive right to
prevent all
third parties not having the
owner's
consent from
using in the course of
trade identical or similar
signs for
goods or
services which are
identical or similar to those in
respect of which
the
trademark is
registered where such use would result in a
likelihood of confusion. In
case of the use of an
identical sign for
identical goods or
services, a likelihood of confusion shall be
presumed. The
rights described above shall not
prejudice any
existing prior rights, nor shall they
affect the possibility of
Members making
rights available on the basis of use.
2. Article
6bis of the
Paris Convention (1967) shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis, to
services. In
determining whether a
trademark is
well-known,
Members shall take
account of the
knowledge of the
trademark in the
relevant sector of the
public,
including knowledge
in the
Member concerned which has been obtained as a result of the
promotion of the
trademark.
3. Article
6bis of the
Paris Convention (1967) shall apply,
mutatis
mutandis, to
goods or
services which are not similar to those in
respect of which a
trademark is
registered, provided that use of that
trademark in
relation to those
goods or
services would indicate a
connection between those
goods or
services and the
owner of the
registered trademark and provided that the
interests of the
owner of
the
registered trademark are likely to be damaged by such use.