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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...

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