Article 138 › 2
Paragraph 1 shall cease to apply if the proprietor of the earlier right has acquiesced in the use of the EU trade mark in the territory where his right is protected for a period of five successive years, being aware of such use, unless the EU trade mark was applied for in bad faith.
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as consolidated on 2025-12-01; changes after this date are not shown.