COMMUNITY TRADEMARKS
proprietor of the new application may request that the earlier right owner submit proof that its mark has been put to genuine use in the EU in connection with the goods or services it is registered to protect, or that proper reasons for non-use exist. If the party summoned to submit proof of
use fails to do so, or if the proof is found to be insuffi cient, the opposition or the request for declaring invalidity will be rejected. If the party fi ling the request for invalidation provides proof of use concerning only some goods or services under the mark in question, for the purposes of examination of the opposition or the request for invalidation the mark shall be deemed to be registered in respect of only those goods or services.
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Moreover, the party that
initiates the
opposition or invalidation procedure must also take into account that its failure to fi le proof of genuine use of the earlier mark may result not only in losing the initiated proceedings, but also provoking the opposite party to start the proceedings for declaring a lapse due to non-use of the earlier mark. According to article 51(a) of the regulation
if, within a continuous period of fi ve years, the earlier CTM has not been put to genuine use in the Community in connection with the goods or services it is registered for, and there are no proper reasons for non-use, this shall be regarded as justifi ed grounds for revocation or declaring that the CTM has lapsed. Similar
“GENUINE USE SHALL ALSO COUNT AS USE OF THE MARK IN A FORM THAT MAY SLIGHTLY DIFFER WITH REGARD TO SOME ELEMENTS OF THE FORM DIRECTLY COVERED BY THE REGISTRATION.”
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