Advocate General Mengozzi suggests that a «consequential association» with a well - known mark can be enough to
infringe trade mark laws.
Not exact matches
Having worked in a
law firm which dealt with the trademarking of the Apple brand and having seen the ruthless way they deal with anybody who vaguely
infringes, or they think they do, the Apple
trade mark, this does not suprise me in the least.
On appeal, the Cour d'appel de Paris ruled that SIL did not
infringe because compliance with the selective distribution agreement between Dior and SIL did not fall within the scope of the national provision on
trade mark law that transposed Art 8 (2) of the Trade Marks Direc
trade mark law that transposed Art 8 (2) of the
Trade Marks Direc
Trade Marks Directive.