ECJ Opinion – Information society – Search engine – Keyword advertising – Operator of electronic marketplace – Keywords corresponding to trade marks – Directive 89/104/EEC (‘Trade Mark directive’) – Articles 5 and 7 – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (‘Community Trade mark regulation’) – Articles 9 and 13 – Liability of an operator of electronic marketplace for the information it hosts – Directive 2000/31/EC (‘Directive on electronic commerce’) – Article 14 – Member States’ duty to ensure that rightholders are in a position to apply for injunctions against intermediary providers of services used by third parties to infringe those rights – Directive 2004/48/EC (‘Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights’) – Article 11 – Freedom of expression – Freedom of Commerce – Directive 76/768 (‘Cosmetics directive’).
Judges:
Jaaskinen AG
Citations:
C-324/09, [2010] EUECJ C-324/09 – O
Links:
Statutes:
Directive 89/104/EEC, Regulation (EC) No 40/94, Directive 2000/31/EC, Directive 2004/48/EC, Directive 76/768
Jurisdiction:
European
Cited by:
Opinion – L’Oreal SA, Lancome parfums et beaute and Cie, Laboratoire Garnier and Cie, L’Oreal (UK) Limited v eBay International AG, eBay Europe SARL, eBay (UK) Limited ECJ 12-Jul-2011
ECJ Grand Chamber – Trade marks – Internet – Offer for sale, on an online marketplace targeted at consumers in the European Union, of trade-marked goods intended, by the proprietor, for sale in third States – . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Intellectual Property
Updated: 31 August 2022; Ref: scu.427328