IP Case Analysis: EU – When can stocking goods be an infringing use of a trade mark?

22nd April 2025

Advocate General Spielman affirmed that Article 10(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436, which refers to the stocking of goods as being an infringing use of a trade mark, applies to goods stocked in another member state from that where the registered trade mark rights subsist.

Legal Director Helene Whelbourn discuss the practical implications of the case in an article written for, and published by, LexisNexis, and is available to read here or by clicking on the button below.

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