concerning the designation of Community trade mark courts
According to Article 91(1) CTMR, the Member States shall designate Community trade mark courts of first and second instance. Pursuant to Article 91(2) CTMR, each Member State had to communicate to the European Commission, before 15 March 1997, a list of Community trade mark courts together with their names and their territorial jurisdiction.
Communications No 5/99, No 7/99 and No 7/01 contained lists of Community trade
mark courts which have been notified to the European Commission by Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Meanwhile
the European Commission has received notifications of the Community trade mark
courts designated by Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal.
The table in the annex to this
Communication contains a new consolidated list of the Community trade mark courts
of first and second instance which have been notified to the European Commission
so far.
Wubbo de Boer
President