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...