Brussels, 06/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - The holder of a famous trademark can be forced to allow the use of a similar trademark by a third party for “due cause” if it is shown that the third party has used the trademark in good faith before it was lodged.
This is the ruling of the European Court of Justice in case C-65/12 in response to question from the Dutch supreme court over a dispute between German company Red Bull GmbH, which has held the Benelux trademark Red Bull Krating-Daeng...