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Sep 12, 2016
Jana Bogatz, Bird & Bird LLP, Germany
First publishd in BrandWrites May 2016 edition.

No need for EUTM license recordal‎ for infringement act...


Jana Bogatz, Bird & Bird LLP, Germany, First publishd in BrandWrites May 2016 edition.The CJEU has recently clarified that – unlike situations where licensees initiate infringement proceedings based on national trade marks in certain jurisdictions within the EU – a licensee may initiate infringement proceedings based on a European Union Trade Mark (“EUTM”) irrespective of whether the license has been recorded with the EUIPO. Whether or not a national trade mark licence, in order to have effect with regard to third parties, requires the recordal of the licence with the respective (national) trade mark office depends on  read more