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Sweet Smells and a Sour Taste - The ECJ's L'Oréal decision


Annette Kur


Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law

Lionel A. F. Bently


University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law

Ansgar Ohly


University of Bayreuth

August 17, 2009

Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-12
University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 10/01

Abstract:     
In this brief comment on the ECJ’s decision L’Oréal v. Bellure (decision of 18 June 2009 case C-487/07 ) the authors argue that by protecting the reputation of a precious mark at the expense of consumer information about the availability of products legitimately offered on the market, the Court has failed to give an adequate response to the underlying conflict between the interests of the trade mark holder and freedom of commercial speech.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 6

Keywords: Comparative advertising, unfair use of reputation, ECJ, freedom of commercial speech, Article 10 ECHR

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Date posted: November 30, 2009 ; Last revised: January 12, 2011

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Kur, Annette, Bently, Lionel A. F. and Ohly, Ansgar, Sweet Smells and a Sour Taste - The ECJ's L'Oréal decision (August 17, 2009). Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition & Tax Law Research Paper No. 09-12; University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 10/01. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1492032 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1492032

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Annette Kur (Contact Author)
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law ( email )
Marstallplatz 1
Munich, 80539
Germany
Lionel A. F. Bently
University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law ( email )
10 West Road
Cambridge, CB3 9DZ
United Kingdom
Ansgar Ohly
University of Bayreuth ( email )
Universitatsstr 30
D-95447 Bayreuth
Germany
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