Leno Merken BV v Hageldruis Beheer BV: (Case C-149/11); [2012] WLR (D) 388
“The territorial borders of the member states should be disregarded in the assessment of whether a trade mark had been put to ‘genuine use in the Community’ within the meaning of article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community Trade Mark (OJ 2009 L78, p 1).”
WLR Daily, 19th December 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk