Mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94, Article 15, paragraph 1 - concept of 'genuine use' trademark used exclusively as an element of a composite mark or jointly with another mark
2013
Abstract
The condition of genuine use of a trade mark, within the meaning of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark, may be satisfied where a registered trade mark, which has become distinctive as a result of the use of another composite mark of which it constitutes one of the elenments, is used only trouggh that other composite mark, or where it is used only in conjunction with anotrher mark, and the combination of those two marks is, furthermore, itself registered as a trade mark.