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Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022.#Christian Louboutin v Amazon Europe Core Sàrl and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 9(2)(a) – Rights conferred by an EU trade mark – Concept of ‘use’ – Operator of an online sales website incorporating an online marketplace – Advertisements published on that marketplace by third-party sellers using, in those advertisements, a sign which is identical with a trade mark of another person for goods which are identical with those for which that trade mark is registered – Perception of that sign as forming an integral part of the commercial communication of that operator – Method of presenting the advertisements which does not make it possible to distinguish clearly the offerings of that operator from those of the third-party sellers.#Joined Cases C-148/21 and C-184/21.

Identifier

CELEX 62021CJ0148_RES

Status

decided

Decided

22 December 2022

Official source

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:62021CJ0148_RES

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eurlex

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