If the proprietor of the EU trade mark so requests, the proprietor of an earlier EU trade mark, being a party to the invalidity proceedings, shall furnish proof that, during the period of five years preceding the date of the application for a declaration of invalidity, the earlier EU trade mark has been put to genuine use in the Union in connection with the goods or services in respect of which it is registered and which the proprietor of that earlier trade mark cites as justification for his application, or that there are proper reasons for non-use, provided that the earlier EU trade mark has at that date been registered for not less than five years.
Má iarrann dílseánach an trádmhairc sin de chuid AE amhlaidh, cuirfidh dílseánach trádmhairc níos luaithe de chuid AE, ar páirtí é sna himeachtaí neamhbhailíochta, cruthúnas ar fáil go bhfuiltear tar éis fíorúsáid a bhaint san Aontas as an trádmharc níos luaithe de chuid AE, i rith na tréimhse cúig bliana roimh an dáta a ndearnadh iarratas ar dhearbhú neamhbhailíochta, i dtaca leis na hearraí nó leis na seirbhísí ar ina leith atá sé cláraithe agus a luann dílseánach an trádmhairc níos luaithe sin mar bhonn cirt lena iarratas nó lena hiarratas, nó go bhfuil cúiseanna cuí le neamhúsáid, ar choinníoll go mbeidh an trádmharc níos luaithe de chuid AE cláraithe ar an dáta sin ar feadh tréimhse nach lú ná cúig bliana.