21As regards the provisions concerning the requirement for genuine use of the Community mark in the European Union, such as Articles 15(1) and 51 of Regulation No 207/2009, those provisions pursue a different objective from that pursued by the provisions relating to the extended protection conferred on trade marks that have a reputation in the European Union, such as Article 9(1)(c) thereof (see, to that effect, judgment in Leno Merken, C‑149/11, EU:C:2012:816, paragraph 53). While the latter provision concerns conditions governing protection extended beyond the categories of goods and services for which a Community trade mark has been registered, the notion of ‘genuine use’ in Articles 15(1) and 51 of Regulation No 207/2009 expresses the minimum condition for use that all the marks must satisfy in order to be protected.
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