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GERMANY: Sale of Exhausted Goods by Third Parties Is Not Sufficient to Prove Genuine Use of a Trademark

Published: March 1, 2020

Susanna Heurung Maiwald Patentanwalts- und Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Munich, Germany INTA Bulletins Committee - Europe Subcommittee

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Dr. Hartwig Schmidt-Hollburg Leo Schmidt-Hollburg Witte & Frank Hamburg, Germany INTA Bulletins Committee - Europe Subcommittee

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