No Time Relevance for Community Trademark Prioritization
GRP Rainer Lawyers Tax Advisors, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt www.grprainer.com elaborate: In reference with a Spanish court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made a clear ruling on the 22.03.2012 (C – 190/10) that the term “registration day”, according to article 27 of the Community trademark regulations (Gemeinschaftsmarkenverordnung GMV), isn’t specific enough to determine the priority of a community trade mark. The hour and minute of the trade mark registration at the Office for harmonization of...
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