Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: July 6, 2017 Entry into force - Date pub. +20 See Art 212 October 1, 2017 Application - See Art 212 Deadline: March 23, 2016 March 24, 2021 Modified by Modified by: Amendment proposed by: All documents based on this document: Modifies Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 8 June 2023. LM v KP. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Dispute before the national court – Jurisdiction of EU trade mark courts – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 124 – Action for infringement – Article 128 – Counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity – Subject matter of that counterclaim – Article 129(3) – Rules of procedure governing the same type of action relating to a national trade mark – Principle of procedural autonomy. Case C-654/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 April 2023. Lännen MCE Oy v Berky GmbH and Senwatec Gmbh & Co. Kg. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 125(5) – International jurisdiction – Infringement action – Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State in which the act of infringement has been committed or threatened – Advertising displayed by a search engine using a national top-level domain name – Advertising not specifying the geographical area of supply – Factors to be taken into account. Case C-104/22. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 22 December 2022. Christian Louboutin v Amazon Europe Core Sàrl and Others. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg and Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 9(2)(a) – Rights conferred by an EU trade mark – Concept of ‘use’ – Operator of an online sales website incorporating an online marketplace – Advertisements published on that marketplace by third-party sellers using, in those advertisements, a sign which is identical with a trade mark of another person for goods which are identical with those for which that trade mark is registered – Perception of that sign as forming an integral part of the commercial communication of that operator – Method of presenting the advertisements which does not make it possible to distinguish clearly the offerings of that operator from those of the third-party sellers. Joined Cases C-148/21 and C-184/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022. Novartis Pharma GmbH v Abacus Medicine A/S. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Landgericht Hamburg. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 9(2) – Rights conferred by a mark – Article 15 – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Parallel import of medicinal products – Repackaging of the product bearing the mark – New outer packaging – Opposition by the proprietor of the mark – Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 47a – Safety features – Replacement – Equivalent features – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 – Article 3(2) – Anti-tampering device – Unique identifier. Case C-147/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 13 October 2022. KP v TV and Gemeinde Bodman-Ludwigshafen. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade marks – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 124(a) and (d) – Article 128 – Jurisdiction of EU trade mark courts – Action for infringement – Counterclaim for a declaration of invalidity – Withdrawal of the action for infringement – Outcome of the counterclaim – Autonomous nature of the counterclaim. Case C-256/21. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022. Merck Sharp & Dohme BV and Others v Abacus Medicine A/S and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sø- og Handelsretten. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Free movement of goods – Intellectual property – Trade marks – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – EU trade mark – Article 9(2) – Article 15 – Directive (EU) 2015/2436 – Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks – Article 10(2) – Article 15 – Rights conferred by a trade mark – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Parallel import of medicinal products – Repackaging of the product bearing the mark – New outer packaging – Replacement of the trade mark appearing on the original outer packaging by another product name – Reaffixing of the trade mark of the proprietor specific to the product, to the exclusion of the other distinctive marks or signs appearing on that original outer packaging – Opposition by the proprietor of the mark – Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 47a – Safety features – Replacement – Equivalent features – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 – Article 3(2) – Anti-tampering device. Case C-224/20. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 October 2022. Soda-Club (CO2) SA and SodaStream International BV v MySoda Oy. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Trade-mark law – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15(2) – Directive (EU) 2015/2436 – Article 15(2) – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Cylinders containing carbon dioxide – Placing on the market in a Member State by the trade mark proprietor – Activity of a reseller consisting in refilling and relabelling cylinders – Opposition brought by the trade mark proprietor – Legitimate reasons to oppose further commercialisation of the goods bearing the trade mark. Case C-197/21. Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 18 January 2024. Hewlett Packard Development Company LP v Senetic Spółka Akcyjna. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of goods – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Intellectual property – EU trade mark – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 13 – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15 – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Placing on the market within the European Union or the European Economic Area (EEA) – Consent of the proprietor of the trade mark – Place of first marketing of goods by the proprietor of the trade mark or with his consent – Burden of proof. Case C-367/21. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 25 January 2024. Audi AG v GQ. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 9(2) and (3)(a) to (c) – Right conferred by an EU trade mark – Concept of ‘using in the course of trade any sign’ – Article 14(1)(c) – Limitations on the effects of an EU trade mark – Right of the proprietor of an EU trade mark to oppose the use by a third party of a sign identical with, or similar to, the trade mark for motor vehicle spare parts – Component of a radiator grille designed for the attachment of an emblem representing the trade mark of a motor vehicle manufacturer. Case C-334/22. A09P3LC A09P3LB A09P3LA A14P1LC A09P2 Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022. Harman International Industries, Inc. v AB SA. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Free movement of goods – Intellectual property – EU trade mark – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15 – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Placing on the market within the European Economic Area (EEA) – Consent of the proprietor of the trade mark – Place of first marketing of products by the proprietor of the trade mark or with its consent – Proof – Directive 2004/48/EC – Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Effective judicial protection – Operative part of judicial decisions not identifying the products covered – Difficulties in implementation – Restricted scope of action before the competent court for enforcement – Fair trial – Rights of the defence – Principle of the equality of arms. Case C-175/21. Case C-322/24: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil n.o1 de Alicante (Spain) lodged on 30 April 2024 – Sánchez Romero Carvajal Jabugo, S.A.U. v Embutidos Monells, S.A. Case C-148/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal d’arrondissement (Luxembourg) lodged on 8 March 2021 — Christian Louboutin v Amazon Europe Core Sàrl, Amazon EU Sàrl, Amazon Services Europe Sàrl Case C-256/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht München (Germany) lodged on 22 April 2021 — KP v TV, Gemeinde Bodman-Ludwigshafen article 124 point (a) article 124 point (d) article 128 Case C-298/23, Inter IKEA Systems: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nederlandstalige Ondernemingsrechtbank Brussel (Belgium) lodged on 8 May 2023 — Inter IKEA Systems BV v Algemeen Vlaams Belang VZW and Others article 9 paragraph 2 point (c) Case C-184/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de l’entreprise francophone de Bruxelles (Belgium) lodged on 24 March 2021 — Christian Louboutin v Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Services LLC Case C-607/19: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 12 August 2019 — Husqvarna AB v Lidl E-Commerce International GmbH & Co. KG article 58 paragraph 1 point (a) Case C-104/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Markkinaoikeus (Finland) lodged on 15 February 2022 — Lännen MCE Oy v Berky GmbH, Senwatec GmbH & Co. KG Case C-654/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 28 October 2021 — LM v KP article 128 paragraph 1 article 124 point (d) article 129 paragraph 3 Case C-367/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 14 June 2021 — Hewlett Packard Development Company LP v Senetic Spółka Akcyjna article 9 article 15 paragraph 1 article 130 Case C-175/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 17 March 2021 — Harman International Industries v AB SA Case C-224/20: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sø- og Handelsretten (Denmark) lodged on 29 May 2020 — Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., MSD DANMARK ApS, MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH, Novartis AG, FERRING LÆGEMIDLER A/S and H. Lundbeck A/S v Abacus Medicine A/S, Paranova Danmark A/S, 2CARE4 ApS article 15 paragraph 2 article 15 Case C-832/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 27 December 2021 — Beverage City & Lifestyle GmbH and Others v Advance Magazine Publishers, Inc. Case C-567/18: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 7 September 2018 — Coty Germany GmbH v Amazon Services Europe S.a.r.l. and Others article 9 paragraph 3 point (b) Case C-690/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 8 December 2017 — ÖKO-Test Verlag GmbH v Dr. Rudolf Liebe Nachf. GmbH & Co.KG article 9 paragraph 2 point (b) article 9 paragraph 2 point (c) Case C-334/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Poland) lodged on 23 May 2022 — Audi AG v GQ article 9 paragraph 2 article 14 paragraph 1 point (c) article 9 paragraph 3 point (a) Case C-686/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Corte suprema di cassazione (Italy) lodged on 15 November 2021 — VW, Legea S.r.l. v SW, CQ, ET, VW, Legea S.r.l. Case C-62/21: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 2 February 2021 — Leinfelder Uhren München GmbH & Co. KG v E. Leinfelder GmbH, TL, SW, WL article 63 paragraph 1 point (a) Legal basis Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS TITLE VII - COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION, TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS CHAPTER 3 - APPROXIMATION OF LAWS Article 118 EuroVoc Vocabulary Codification of EU law Intellectual property law EU trade mark Trademark law Registered trademark Intellectual, industrial and commercial property