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The provisions of Article 158 shall apply
An indication of source shall refer to an
to appellations of origin and indications of
expression or any sign used to indicate that
source.
one or more products come from a specific
geographical place, locality, region or
country.
Chapter 3 – Signs
“Product” shall be defined as any good
(natural, crafts, agricultural or industrial)
Art.162. A sign shall be an external
capable of meeting the needs of the nation.
signboard used by a merchant, industrialist
or any other economic operator concerned
Art.160. Subject to the provisions of
with a view to characterizing his firm.
Article 10 of the Paris Convention and
those of the Penal Code with regard to
The sign may consist of an imagined name
transfer, the direct or indirect use of an
or a name taken from a kind of industry or
appellation of origin or an indication of
business.
source shall be governed by the provisions
of Article 165.
The provisions of Article 154 shall apply,
mutatis mutandis, to signs.
The provisions of Article 154 shall also
apply, mutatis mutandis, to appellations of
Art.163. Only original signs which are
origin and indications of source.
not contrary to public order or morality
shall be protected.
Enabling measures shall determine the
procedures
of
Nevertheless, the reproduction of a product
appellations of origin and indications of
from the business engaged in may not be
source.
considered an original sign.
Art.161. Appellations of origin or
The provisions of Article 158 shall also
indications of source which are false or
apply to signs.
contrary to public order or morality may
not be protected.
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