Translation of "Droit attaché à une marque " (French → English) :

3. Subject to Article 27, the adoption of an amendment to the articles of association of the SPE which varies the rights attached to a class of shares (including any change to the procedure for varying the rights attached to a class of share) shall require the consent of a majority of not less than two-thirds of the voting rights attached to the shares issued in that class.

(14) In order to ensure legal certainty and full consistency with the principle of priority, under which an earlier registered trade mark takes precedence over later registered trade marks, it is necessary to lay down that the enforcement of rights conferred by a European trade mark should be without prejudice to the rights of proprietors acquired prior to the filing or priority date of the European trade mark.

‘Intellectual Property Rights’ (IPR) means any intellectual property rights, including patents, utility models and utility certificates, industrial design rights, copyrights, trade secrets, database rights, topographies of semiconductor products' rights, as well as any registrations, applications, divisions, continuations, re-examinations, renewals or reissues of any of the foregoing, excluding trademarks and trade names;

‘Intellectual Property Rights’ (IPR) means any intellectual property rights, including patents, utility models and utility certificates, industrial design rights, copyrights, trade secrets, database rights, topographies of semiconductor products' rights, as well as any registrations, applications, divisions, continuations, re-examinations, renewals or reissues of any of the foregoing, excluding trademarks and trade names;

For the purposes of this Agreement, intellectual property rights embodies copyright - including copyright in computer programs and in databases - and related rights, the rights related to patents, industrial designs, geographical indications including appellation of origins, trademarks, layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, as well as protection of undisclosed information and protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm Act, 1967).

1) A Community trade mark shall not entitle the proprietor to prohibit its use in relation to goods which have been put on the market in the Community under that trade mark by the proprietor or with his consent.