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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9924

19 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Imitations infringe intellectual property rights even where they do not create confusion in the minds of consumers

Brussels, 18/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 June 2009, the European Court of Justitce ruled that it is against EU law to present the product of a third party as an imitation of one of a trademark holder's products, even if the imitation is unlikely to cause confusion in the minds of consumers about the manufacturer's identity (Case C-487/07).

French company L'Oréal has therefore won its case against Bellure, a British company manufacturing and selling perfumes resembling the...

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