Brussels, 08/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - In his opinion in Case C-235/09 delivered on Thursday 7 October, the advocate general answered a series of questions put to the court by the French Appeal Court relating to territorial competence of national trade mark courts in banning counterfeiting activities and applying sanctions in breaches of a ban.
Interpreting Regulation 40/94 on the Community trade mark, the advocate general said that a prohibition issued by a national court acting as a...