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Genuine use of a Community trademark in one EU country can be sufficient

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union
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December 20 2012

In Leno v Hagelkruis (C-14911) (ONELOMEL) the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJ") was asked to decide whether it is sufficient to use a Community trademark 'genuinely' in the territory of a single Member State only to satisfy the ‘genuine use’ condition in article 15(1) of the Community Trademark Regulation (the "CTMR"

Overhaul of EU trademark system imminent: draft legislation leaked

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union
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March 15 2013

Draft legislation by the European Commission ('Commission') concerning the European Trademark System was recently leaked. The available version of

UsedSoft v Oracle opens up market for second-hand software licences

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union
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July 6 2012

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJ") handed down a landmark decision on 3 July 2012 in the case of software licence reseller UsedSoft v Oracle that opens up the market for second-hand software licences

CJ remarkably willing to fully harmonise EU copyright law

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Austria, European Union
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December 2 2011

On 1 December 2011, the European Court of Justice ("CJ") rendered its decision in Eva-Maria Painer v. Standard Verlags GmbH et al

CJ asked if private copy from illegal source is legal

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union, Netherlands
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September 27 2012

On 21 September 2012, the Dutch Supreme Court submitted pre-judicial questions to the EU Court of Justice ("CJ") in ACI v. Stichting De Thuiskopie

Draft legislation EU Trademark System officially launched

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union
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March 28 2013

We sent you our Legal Alert last week about the leaked draft legislation concerning the European Trademark System, in which we highlighted a few of

ECJ: Austria is a substantial part of the European Community

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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Austria, European Union
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October 6 2009

Today, the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") rendered its judgment in the case PAGOTirol Milch

L'OréalBellure: finally good news for trademarks with a reputation

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
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European Union
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June 18 2009

In its decision of today (June 18) the European Court of Justice gave guidance on many issues regarding trademark law, providing a synthesis of several earlier decisions