(1) Applications for the registration of a trade mark in the Register shall be filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office. The application can also be filed through a patent information centre where this agency has been designated to receive trade mark applications on the basis of a notice published by the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection in the Federal Law Gazette.
(2) The application shall contain:
1. a request for registration,
2. information permitting to identify the applicant,
3. a representation of the trade mark, which is not subject to the ground for refusal specified in section 8 (1), and
4. a list of the goods or services for which registration is being requested.
(3) The application must meet the other requirements for filing provided for by statutory instrument in accordance with section 65 (1) no. 2.
(4) (repealed)