genuine use in inter partes cases 4th liaison meeting on trade marks 11-12 june 2009
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Genuine Use in inter partes cases
4th Liaison Meeting on Trade Marks11-12 June 2009
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Use of a trademark excluding possibility of lapsing right of protection:
• must take place in Poland• must be genuine (real) and serious• should concern registered trademark and goods for which it was registered
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Use of a trademark should concern registered trademarkex:
Naomi Naomi Campbell
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Article 169 IP Law
The right of protection for a trademark shall also lapse:
• on failure to put to genuine use of the registered trademark for the goods covered by the registration for a period of five successive years, unless serious reasons of non-use thereof exist,
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In such cases, the Patent Office shall make a decision on the lapse of the right of protection for the trademark at the request of any party having a legitimate interest therein.
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Use of a trademark must be genuine (real) and serious Ex:
Trademark LORD – exclusive shoes
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Genuine Use of a trademark also means the use of a mark:
• in a form varying in elements which do not alter the distinctive character of the mark in the form for which the right of protection has been granted,
• by affixing the mark to goods or the packaging thereof solely for export purposes,
• by a third party with the right holder’s consent,
• by a party authorised to use the collective trademark or the collective guarantee trademark.
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Use of a trademark in advertising
Use of a trademark in advertising of the product, which is neither available on the market nor is manufactured in the country for export purposes shall not be deemed to constitute genuine use.
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Burden of proof
Where a proceeding for the declaration of the right of protection lapsed is initiated, the burden of proof that the trademark has been used or that serious reasons for non-use of the trademark exist shall be on the holder of the right of protection.
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Assessing genuine use of a trademark Patent Office should take into account specially such agents like:
• scale of use• company’s position on the market• specific features of the market• period of use• type and character of particular product, it’s value and ways of distribution
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Thank you for your attention