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Is use in only one single member state in EU enough for a Community Trademark?

By AWA | Posted on March 12, 2013

If you have a registered EU trademark (“Community trademark”) today, which was registered for more than five years ago, what are the consequences in practice if you only use your trademark in one country within the EU? The Court of Justice came with a ruling in case C-149/11 ONEL/OMEL on 19 December 2012, in which...

Tags: Community trademark, OMEL

ZLATAN, ROONEY and EURO 2012 – Protected as Trademarks

By AWA | Posted on June 20, 2012

EURO 2012 is indeed on-going and now it is time for the exiting quarter-finals. Huge investments have been made for the tournament and companies are using various branding strategies to become connected to EURO 2012. However, in these times it is more important than ever to discuss with your marketing departments how you are going...

Tags: brands, Community trademark, Football, trademark registrations

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