According to the Generalitat, the Alicante-based Commercial Courts will be renamed the European Union Trademark Courts in 2022 due to the location of the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Alicante.
Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs Elisa NúñezHe noted the importance of this project because “it will make it possible to provide a dignified center for these courts.” Competition across Spain community in resolving trademark issues.
In this sense, Elisa Núñez underlined: “As a commercial court with national scope and international projection, there must be a commercial court. legal security a source of wealth, innovation and prosperity throughout the community market and therefore for all European citizens.”
According to the Ministry of Justice, thanks to the purchase of these buildings, the three Commercial Courts in Alicante will be gathered in a single building, which are currently distributed in two different buildings in the region. Benalúa neighborhood. In this sense, its facilities will constitute the appropriate area due to its proximity to the court centers at 43 Pardo Gimeno Street. The new building is located on the ground floor of the building on Calle. Pardo Gimeno’s number is 41.
Community Trademark Courts
The Commercial Courts based in Alicante will have the power to hear matters relating to commercial jurisdiction in the first instance, with jurisdiction throughout the national territory, in addition to their power to hear matters relating to commercial jurisdiction as province-wide jurisdiction. In accordance with the regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council Trademark of the European Union and in Community designs.
The European Union Trademark Courts will also have exclusive jurisdiction to hear these cases. civil cases These are cases where cases regarding Union trademarks and the same or similar national or international trademarks are brought together. There will also be cases where there is a further connection between the actions taken, if at least one of them is based on an EU trademark registration or application.