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Apr 30, 2013
Susanna Heurung, MUMM LAW Kotitschke & Heurung Partnerschaft, Germany

New setting for genuine use of Community trade marks


Susanna Heurung, MUMM LAW Kotitschke & Heurung Partnerschaft, Germany In its decision “Onel/Omel”, the Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified some questions regarding the requirement of genuine use of Community trade marks (ECJ, decision dated 19 December 2012, legal case C 149/11 – ONEL/OMEL). In this decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that “genuine use” of a Community trade mark has to be assessed independantly of territorial boarders of a member state of the EU. In order to understand the imense impact of this ruling read more