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Commercial Code (Chapter 13), Malta
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Year of Version
2009
Dates
Adopted:
January 1, 1857
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Competition
Notes
The Code amended and consolidated the Laws relating to Trade. Article 32 provides:
" Traders shall not make use of any name, mark or distinctive device capable of creating confusion with any other name, mark or distinctive device lawfully used by others, even though such other name, mark or distinctive device be not registered in terms of the Trademarks Act, nor may they make use of any firm name or fictitious name capable of misleading others as to the real importance of the firm."
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