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Law to Reform the Law relating to Merchants and Firms and to Amend other Provisions of Commercial and Company Law (Commercial Law Reform Law)

Year of current version:	1998
Date of Text (Enacted):	June 22, 1998
Type of Text:	IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Competition, Other, Trade Names, Trademarks, Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Notes:	Article 13 contains amendments to the Trademark Law; Article 14 contains amendments to the Law on Unfair Competition. Date of entry into force: See Article 29 for further details. Artikel 13 enthält Änderungen zum Markengesetz; Artikel 14 enthält Änderungen zum Gesetz gegen den unlauteren Wettbewerb. Inkrafttreten: Siehe Artikel 29.
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English	Law to Reform the Law relating to Merchants and Firms and to Amend other Provisions of Commercial and Company Law (Commercial Law Reform Law) Main body of document 1 Main body of document 1 (Version with Automatic Translation Tool)
Related Legislation:	Amends Act Against Unfair Competition (version published on March 3, 2010) (DE137) Law on the Protection of Trademarks and other Signs (as amended December 22, 2010) (DE128) Law on the Reform of the Trade Mark Law and on the Incorporation of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of December 21, 1988, to Approximate the Laws of the Member States Relating to Trade Marks (Trade Mark Reform Law) (DE021)
WIPO Lex No.:	DE099