The good, the bad and the priority

Geert Lokhorst Advocaat bij De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in ­Amsterdam The good, the bad and the priority This article focuses on EU trade marks when they conflict with unregistered signs used in the course of trade. Users of unregistered signs may claim exclusivity based on their senior use and thereby cause legal uncertainty for EU trade mark proprietors. Such senior users may be able to prohibit use of an identical or similar EU trade mark in their territory of protection, even if the EU...