{"id":22997808,"date":"2021-05-03T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.karoip.com\/unkategorisiert\/2021\/05\/application-for-trademarks-without-own-intention-to-use-are-considered-as-application-in-bad-faith\/"},"modified":"2021-05-03T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T10:46:44","slug":"application-for-trademarks-without-own-intention-to-use-are-considered-as-application-in-bad-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karoip.com\/en\/blog-en\/marke-en\/2021\/05\/application-for-trademarks-without-own-intention-to-use-are-considered-as-application-in-bad-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Application for trademarks without own intention to use are considered as application &#8220;in bad faith&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>OLG, Urt. v. 03.05.2021, Frankfurt 6 W 31\/21 &#8211; Asconi <\/em><\/p>\n<p>If the trademark proprietor makes extensive use of his unused trademark for the purpose of legal prosecution, it may be possible to infer from this a primary intention to generate income by means of enforced licence agreements.<\/p>\n<p>This may indicate that the trademark was not applied for with the aim of using it in a fair manner as a distinctive sign for goods and services, but rather to use it for an improper purpose as an ambush trademark.<\/p>\n<p>The presumed intention to obstruct is not precluded by the fact that the trademark is still in the grace period for use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practical tip:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, an intensive warning or litigation practice arising from an unused trademark may indicate that the trademark registration was made &#8220;in bad faith&#8221; or in abuse of rights.<\/p>\n<p>Such a situation exists, for example, if the application was not filed with the aim of using the trademark in a fair manner as a sign for goods and services, but rather obviously for the purpose of putting pressure on another company and forcing it to pay (financial) consideration. 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