Silberquelle GmbH v Maselli-Strickmode GmbH (Case C-495/07); WLR(D) 6
“Where the proprietor of a trade mark affixed the mark to items that it gave free of charge to purchasers of its goods, it did not make genuine use of the mark so far as those items were concerned, for the purpose of, inter alia, art 12(1) of Directive 89/104.”
WLR Daily, 16th January 2009
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