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FRIDAY, 3 JULY 2009
Bavaria beer ruling
Tags: Bad faith, Conflict of PGI and trade mark, PGI,
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Bavaria beer ruling
The Bavarian brewers felt that the Dutch company was infringing its PGI rights, while the Dutch considered that the PGI had been improperly awarded. The Italian court asked a number of complex questions of the Court of Justice, which ruled in short that the PGI was valid but that the Dutch were entitled to carry on using their trade mark unless it could be shown that they had applied for it in bad faith. The case now goes back to the Corte d’appello di Torino, which must rule on the issues before it.
You can read the judgment and the Advocate General's Opinion in full here. The IPKat has commented on it here and there are reports in Times Online and the Financial Times. Dutch website De Telegraaf discusses it here, while Bilde.de mentions it here.
Posted by: Blog Administrator @ 16.02Tags: Bad faith, Conflict of PGI and trade mark, PGI,
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