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Use in one member state is not enough to show use of a Community Trade Registration?
05/02/2010
A decision from the Benelux courts has held that use of a trade mark in one country of the European Union cannot constitute genuine use in the EU.
 | The decision in Leno Merken B.V. v. Hagelkruis Beheer bv has provoked heated discussions by IP practitioners because it appears to be contrary to the ethos of the Community Trade Mark being a unitary right and the Joint Statement of the Commission and Council concerning the CTM. A statement concerning the decision has been issued by OHIM. Read here...
To read the decision from the BOIP, in English, click here...
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