Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-379/14TOP Logistics BV and Van Caem International BV v Bacardi Co. Ltd and Bacardi International Ltd - Bacardi & Company Ltd and Bacardi International Ltd v TOP Logistics BV and Van Caem International BV
- Decided
- 2015-07-16
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2015:497
- CELEX
- 62014CJ0379
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
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Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 5 — Products bearing a trade mark released for free circulation and placed under the duty suspension arrangement without the consent of the proprietor of the trade mark — Right of that proprietor to oppose that placing — Definition of ‘using in the course of trade’.
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