Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-143/00Boehringer Ingelheim KG, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Glaxo Group Ltd, The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, SmithKline Beecham plc, Beecham Group plc, SmithKline & French Laboratories Ltd and Eli Lilly and Co. v Swingward Ltd and Dowelhurst Ltd
- Decided
- 2002-04-23
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2002:246
- CELEX
- 62000CJ0143
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
The court's own keywords
Trade marks - Directive 89/104/EEC - Article 7(2) - Exhaustion of the rights conferred by the trade mark - Pharmaceutical products - Parallel importation - Repackaging of the trade-marked product.
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Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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