Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment

C‑376/11Pie Optiek SPRL v Bureau Gevers SA and European Registry for Internet Domains ASBL

Decided: 2012-07-19
ECLI: ECLI:EU:C:2012:502
CELEX: 62011CJ0376
Finality: Final, the decision cannot be appealed

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Internet — .eu Top Level Domain — Regulation (EC) No 874/2004 — Domain names — Phased registration — Article 12(2) — Concept of ‘licensees of prior rights’ — Person authorised by the proprietor of a trade mark to register, in his own name but on behalf of that proprietor, a domain name identical or similar to that trade mark — No authorisation for other uses of the sign as a trade mark.

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