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Jun 26, 2012
Brynhildur Palmarsdottir, Arnason Faktor, Iceland

Changes to the Icelandic Trademarks Act


Brynhildur Palmarsdottir, Arnason Faktor, IcelandOn June 1st, 2012, the Icelandic parliament Althingi passed a bill to amend the 1997 Trademarks Act. The bill introduces various changes that benefit trademark owners, the most important addition being the introduction of an administrative invalidation process for trademarks. Requests for trademark invalidation used to be under the sole jurisdiction of the relevant Icelandic Courts, but after the recent amendment, the Icelandic Patent Office and the Icelandic Courts will have joint jurisdiction in  read more