Marks - Validity (Directive 89/104/EEC)
Marks - Infringement (Directive 89/104/EEC)
- Case C-23/01 - Robelco (11-21-02) concerning the protection against use of a sign other than for the purposes of distinguishing goods or services
- Case C-206/01 - Arsenal (11-12-02) concerning the scope of the proprietor's exclusive right to the trade mark
- Case C-2/00 - Hölterhoff (05-14-02) concerning the scope of the proprietor's exclusive right to the trade mark and the use of the trade mark for descriptive purposes
- Case C-63/97 - BMW (02-23-1999) concerning the unauthorised use of a trade mark in advertisements
- Case C-425/98 - Marca Mode (06-22-2000) concerning the interpretation of the "likelihood of confusion or of association" (Article 5)
- Cases C-251/95 - Sabel (11-11-1997) and C-342/97 - Lloyd (06-22-1999) concerning the appreciation of the likelihood of confusion (Article 5)
- Case C-39/97 - Canon (11-29-1998) concerning the appreciation of the similarity of goods and services
Marks - Well-known marks (Directive 89/104/EEC)
Cosmetics (Directive 76/768/EEC)
- Case C-220/98 -Estée Lauder Cosmetics (01-13-2000) relating to the marketing of a cosmetic product whose name includes a term which may misled the average consumer
Free movement of goods
Trade name
Comparative advertising
- Case C-112/99 - Toshiba Europe (10-25-2001) relating to the use of distinguishing marks of an equipment manufacturer in the catalogues of a competing supplier
Advertising and Tobacco products
- Case C-376/98 -Federal Republic of Germany / European Parliament (10-05-2000) annuling Directive 98/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 1998 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products
Appellations of Origin (Regulation 2081/92)
- Case C-87/97 - Gorgonzola (03-04-1999) concerning the use of a mark filed before the geographical indication application (Article 14§2)
