Cabinet Chaillot - Jurinea Action for Infringement Jurinea Form 987 Parties to the case FLACON DE PARFUM "YVRESSE" (Filed design) versus FLACON DE PARFUM "PENELOPE" (Unfiled design) FLACON DE PARFUM (Commercialized model) 04-09-99, CA de Paris (Appeal) Domain --- Issue of law Result Validity of the infringement seizure --- Serving of a writ within a fortnight (Livre V) Yes --- Serving of a writ within a fortnight in a front of the court competent ratione materiae (V) (Intellectual Property Code art: L. 521-1) No --- Validity of the description seizure No --- Real seidure validity No --- Bailiff contravening to the article L. 521-1 dispositions (Intellectual Property Code art: L. 521-1) No Protection under the design right --- Existence of a whole anteriority No --- Yes Comparaison of the designs --- Copy of the caracteristics that were the base of the design protection Yes Design infringement Yes --- Sell Yes Civil liability --- Unfair competition No --- Acts distinct from the infringement No Prejudice evaluation --- Devalorization of the design Yes Enacting terms: Damages 45,734 Euros Fine (per day of delay) Interdiction (by established infraction) Publication of the decision (maximum) Appeal expenses (out of costs) 3,048 Euros Publication(s): PIBD 2000, Ref.: 699, III, 298

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