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This is a key principle in trademark protection. The same trademark, intended for the same products or services, may only be registered once.

Of course, different versions of a mark may coexist if they are not identical. For example, the same owner may register a mark in word form, as a figurative mark, or even as a three-dimensional mark. However, the same sign, for the same products or services, can only be subject to a single registration.

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