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Revision as of 17:03, 13 January 2021
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Commentary page for General Information
What trademark law is about
What is a trademark?
Happy New Year 2021!!!
Other jurisdictions
What is "likelihood of confusion"?
United States
Other jurisdictions
What is "nominative" use?
United States
Other jurisdictions
European Union
Case C-63/97, Bayerische Motorenwerke AG (BMW) v. Deenik: "Articles 5 to 7 of First Directive 89/104 do not entitle the proprietor of a trade mark to prohibit a third party from using the mark for the purpose of informing the public that he carries out the repair and maintenance of goods covered by that trade mark and put on the market under that mark by the proprietor or with his consent, or that he has specialised or is a specialist in the sale or the repair and maintenance of such goods, unless the mark is used in a way that may create to the impression that there is a commercial connection between the other undertaking and the trade mark proprietor, and in particular that the reseller's business is affiliated to the trade mark proprietor's distribution network or that there is a special relationship between the two undertakings."
