(1) It shall be presumed that the party recorded in the Register as the proprietor is entitled to the right arising from the registration of a trade mark.
(2) If the right arising from the registration of a trade mark has been transferred or has passed to another, the successor, in proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, in appeal proceedings before the Federal Patent Court or in appeal on points of law proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice, may only assert the right to protection of this trade mark and the right arising from the registration from the time when the German Patent and Trade Mark Office has received the request for the registration of the transfer. Sentence 1 shall apply accordingly to other proceedings before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, to appeal proceedings before the Federal Patent Court or to appeal on points of law proceedings before the Federal Court of Justice in which the proprietor of a trade mark is involved. If the successor takes on proceedings in accordance with sentence 1 or 2, the consent of the other parties to the proceedings shall not be required.
(3) Orders and decisions of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office which are required to be served on the proprietor of the trade mark shall be served on the person registered as the proprietor. If the German Patent and Trade Mark Office has received a request for the registration of a transfer, the orders and decisions referred to in sentence 1 shall also be served on the successor.