DIRECTIVES CONCERNING PATENT AND TRADEMARK CLAIMS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 23, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
Directives C?ancerning Patent and- DATE DISTR. $$ SEP 07
Trademark Claims
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The attachment is an abridged translation of a directive issued by
the Sales Department of the .inistry of Chemical Industry 2 July to
all its trade organizations.
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Directive of 1.June 1957
Protection of Export Products against Rights of Third Persons
The following directive is issued in agreement with the N.inistry of Poreii
and All-German Trade:
Publicly owned factories are required to take care before beginning production
that their product:,, are clear of any rights (claims) of third persons,
especially any patent or trademark rights.
This apnlie ernecially'to the 'rotection of products against claims of:
a. The German Democratic Republic (DDR)
b. The German Federal Republic
c. Countries to which products are likely to be exported.
The above limits are set up because it will seldom be possible to protect
a product against claims of third persons on a world-wide basis. However,
in the matter of trademarks the factories are required to avail themselves
as far as possible of i nternational iegistration.
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If a factory has neglected to create and introduce new trademarks for its
products, although it was aware that difficulties can arise because of the
biassed interpretation of the law in adest Germany and the capitalist countries
in favor of the former capitalist owners of our factories, then the factory has
to bear any expenses that result. If the responsible foreign trade organization
insists on keeping the old trademark for a product, even though the factory
offered a new trademark, then the foreign trade organization has to bear all
costs.
In line with the above, the foreign trade organizations are authorized to
require a contractual guarantee from the factory delivering a product tint
its products are delivered free of all claims that third persons could enforce
vis-:-vis the trade organization and that the factory guarantees that the
patent and trademark rights 'er. clear.
Signed: Adler
State Secretary
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