02/02/2024
Trade mark and spare parts
The Court of Justice EU, with judgment of January 25, 2024 in case C-334/22, stated that the manufacturer of motor vehicles which is the proprietor of an EU trade mark may prohibit a third party from using a sign identical with, or similar to, that trade mark in relation to spare parts for those motor vehicles, namely radiator grilles, where that sign consists of the shape of an element of the radiator grille designed for the attachment thereto of the emblem representing that trade mark.