{"id":3048,"date":"2015-12-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-27T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:29:21","slug":"jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Spanish High Court has recently issued a decisi\u00f3n (cassation appeal) confirming that insolvency proceedings are not a valid reason to justify non-use of a trademark. It is the 22nd December ruling.<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>As most readers would know, article 10, 2008\/95 EU Trademark Directive (and thus, all national trademark laws) obliges the proprietor to put the trademark to genuine use for at least an uninterrupted period of five years. Failure to comply would lead to cancellation unless proper reasons are provided (art. 12.1).<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the aforementioned decision the Spanish High Court answers negatively the question: Is bankruptcy a proper reason?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=3565c805-d96b-42bf-8922-e2ba49be8339&amp;utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&amp;utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&amp;utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&amp;utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2016-01-26&amp;utm_term=\">here<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish High Court has recently issued a decisi\u00f3n (cassation appeal) confirming that insolvency proceedings are not a valid reason to justify non-use of a trademark. It is the 22nd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"sector_noticias":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3048","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles-press"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Spanish High Court has recently issued a decisi\u00f3n (cassation appeal) confirming that insolvency proceedings are not a valid reason to justify non-use of a trademark. It is the 22nd...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Abril Abogados\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-12-27T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-23T19:29:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/\",\"name\":\"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-27T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-23T19:29:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/750a358f28e46d5003b31222bddd9ed8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Abril Abogados News\",\"item\":\"\/en\/noticias\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Abril Abogados\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/750a358f28e46d5003b31222bddd9ed8\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52d6bc19e862502e6ff2f700f23c607b54491a2d4a05fc0f2a79b8077f4bc25c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52d6bc19e862502e6ff2f700f23c607b54491a2d4a05fc0f2a79b8077f4bc25c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/author\/charly_wpadmin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados","og_description":"The Spanish High Court has recently issued a decisi\u00f3n (cassation appeal) confirming that insolvency proceedings are not a valid reason to justify non-use of a trademark. It is the 22nd...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/","og_site_name":"Abril Abogados","article_published_time":"2015-12-27T23:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-23T19:29:21+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/","url":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/","name":"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark - Abril Abogados","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-12-27T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-23T19:29:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/750a358f28e46d5003b31222bddd9ed8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/jorge-oria-in-lexology-bankrupted-no-valid-reason-to-stop-using-your-trademark\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Abril Abogados News","item":"\/en\/noticias\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jorge Oria in Lexology: Bankrupted? No valid reason to stop using your trademark"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/","name":"Abril Abogados","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/750a358f28e46d5003b31222bddd9ed8","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52d6bc19e862502e6ff2f700f23c607b54491a2d4a05fc0f2a79b8077f4bc25c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52d6bc19e862502e6ff2f700f23c607b54491a2d4a05fc0f2a79b8077f4bc25c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/author\/charly_wpadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3387,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3048"},{"taxonomy":"sector_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector_noticias?post=3048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}