17/06/10
Care needed when renewing Community Trade Marks
The General Court in Luxembourg has recently refused an appeal against a decision of a Board of Appeal of the Community Trade Mark Office (OHIM) relating to an application to restore a lapsed Community Trade Mark.
In doing so, failings of professional representatives were considered, but perhaps more generally concerning, the Court did not overturn or confirm a finding by the Board of Appeal that use of a computer renewals service was, in itself, "careless". This has important potential implications for the way in which Trade Mark proprietors will need to organise maintenance and renewal of their Community Trade Marks.
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