欧共体商标申请时有恶意第53条.ppt

* * * * * ? （44）这在特定的情况下变得明显，结果是，申请人申请注册欧共体商标而没有使用的意图，其唯一的哦目标是阻止第三方进入市场。 （46）公平而言，第三方一直在相同或类似商品上使用可能与申请商标混淆的相同或近似商标以及该标志享有一定程度法律保护的事实是与确定申请人是否恶意作为的一个相关因素。 （47）在这种情形下，申请人的唯一目标是借助欧共体商标授予的权利优势与使用基于其自身特点而取得一定程度法律保护的标志的竞争者进行不正当竞争。 (（48）尽管在如此环境下以及当数个生产者在市场中的相同或类似商品上使用可能与申请商标混淆的相同或近似商标也不能排除申请人的商标注册可能是在寻求合法的目的。 （51）而且，为了确定申请人是否恶意作为，必须考虑申请人提出欧共体商标注册申请时该标志享有的声誉程度。 （52）该声誉程度可能使申请人保证其标志享有更广法律保护的利益正当化。 谢谢！ 信息: ? (+ 34) 965 139 100 (总机) ? (+ 34) 965 139 400 (电子商务技术咨询) ? (+ 34) 965 131 344 (主要传真) ? information@oami.europa.eu ? e-businesshelp@oami.europa.eu ? Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) Avenida de Europa, 4 E-03008 Alicante SPAIN twitter/oamitweets youtube/oamitubes 如何联系我们 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Preliminary ruling of the Court of the European Ubnion – questions asked by the national Austrian Supreme Court. The Court held that it is apparent from Article 52(1)(b) CTMR [ex Article 51(1)(b)] that the relevant time for determining whether there was bad faith on the part of the applicant is the time of filing the application for registration. Furthermore, whether the applicant is acting in bad faith must be the subject of an overall assessment, taking into account all the factors relevant to the particular case. The Court held that a presumption of knowledge of the use by a third party of an identical or similar sign may arise, inter alia from general knowledge in the economic sector concerned of such use, and that knowledge can be inferred, inter alia, from the duration of such use. The more that use is long-standing, the more probable it is that the applicant will, when filing the application for registration, have knowledge of it. However, the fact that the applicant knows or must know that a third party has long been using, in at least one Member State is not sufficient, in itself, to permit the conclusion that the applicant was acting in bad faith. * * Office