Activities of Cecilia WIKSTRÖM related to 2013/0089(COD)
Reports (2)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Recast) PDF (158 KB) DOC (77 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (recast) PDF (431 KB) DOC (516 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of Member States and the Commission on explanatory documents of 28 September 2011, Member States have undertaken to accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one or more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the corresponding parts of national transposition instruments. With regard to this Directive, the legislator considers the transmission of such documents to be justified.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1a (new)
Member States shall take appropriate measures with regards to ensuring the smooth transit of generic medicines. Therefore a proprietor of a trade mark shall not have the right to prevent any third parties from bringing goods, in the context of commercial activity, into the customs territory of the Member State based upon similarities, perceived or actual, between the international non- proprietary name (INN) for the active ingredient in the medicines and a registered trademark.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The trade mark shall not entitle the proprietor to prohibit its use in relation to goods which have been put on the market in the Union under that trade mark by the proprietor or with his consent, or that have been sold to individual consumers in accordance with article 10(4).