European Business Law
Auteur : Louis Vogel
Sommaire de l’ouvrage
Introduction
Part 1: Abolition of restrictions on free movement
Title 1: Principles of precedence and direct effect
Chapter 1: Commercial agency
Chapter 2: Companies/Groupings
Chapter 3: Transfer of undertaking
Chapter 4: Consumer protection
I: Scope of application and interpretation of the directive
II: Registration of the trade mark
III: Rights granted by the trade mark
IV: Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark
V: Trade mark licensing
A: Non-use of trade mark
C: Use likely to mislead the public
Section 2: Copyright and related rights
Section 3: Designs
Section 4: Procedural rules and sanctions
Chapter 6: Public procurement contracts
Title 3: Regulations
255. Common name in the trade for goods or services
1 minute de lecture
Pursuant to Article 20(a) of Directive No 2015/2436 , the proprietor of a trade mark may be deprived of his rights where that mark has become, in consequence of his acts or inactivity, the common name in the trade for a product or service in respect of which it is registered . Inactivity as referred to in the directive may result from the failure on the part of the proprietor of a mark, on the bas …