Trade Marks Directive (2008)
Print this pageDirective 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 2 - Signs of which a trade mark may consist
Article 3 - Grounds for refusal or invalidity
Article 4 - Further grounds for refusal or invalidity concerning conflicts with earlier rights
Article 5 - Rights conferred by a trade mark
Article 6 - Limitation of the effects of a trade mark
Article 7 - Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark
Article 9 - Limitation in consequence of acquiescence
Article 10 - Use of trade marks
Article 11 - Sanctions for non-use of a trade mark in legal or administrative proceedings
Article 12 - Grounds for revocation
Article 14 - Establishment a posteriori of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark
The text can be verified at Eur-lex. No longer in force. Text replaced by Trade Marks Directive (2015).