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The European Commission, acting under the direction of the Council of Ministers, is currently engaged in a detailed study of the Community Trade Mark (CTM). The Max Planck Institute (MPI) in Munich, Germany, has been retained by the Commission to consider a broad range of subjects affecting the Community Trade Mark system and to report to the Commission.
Recent high-profile cases such as L’Oréal v Bellure and Daimler v Sany and the litigation over the right of Google’s Adwords to use trademarks as keywords in searches prove that trademark holders are still willing to protect marks and bring infringement cases despite the current economic climate.

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