30It follows from all of the foregoing considerations that the answer to the first question referred is that Article 12(2)(a) of Directive 2008/95 must be interpreted as meaning that, in a case such as that at issue in the main proceedings, a trade mark is liable to revocation in respect of a product for which it is registered if, in consequence of acts or inactivity of the proprietor, that trade mark has become the common name for that product from the point of view solely of end users of the product.
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