The Business Law Reports
[2018] Bus LR 1466
Court of Justice of the European Union
Scotch Whisky Association
v
Klotz
(Case C‑44/17)
EU:C:2018:415
2018 Feb 22;
June 7
June 7
President of Chamber JL da Cruz Vilaça,
Judges E Levits, A Borg Barthet, M Berger, F Biltgen
Advocate General H Saugmandsgaard Øe
Judges E Levits, A Borg Barthet, M Berger, F Biltgen
Advocate General H Saugmandsgaard Øe
Sale of goods— Trade description— Foodstuffs— Geographical indication and protected designation of origin— Registration protecting geographical indication from indirect commercial use by products not covered by registration, evocation or other false indication of origin— Whether “indirect commercial use” requiring use in form identical or similar to indication as registered— Proper approach to determining whether use amounting to evocation of registered indication— Whether context to be taken into account when determining false indication of product’s origin—
Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 110/2008, art 16(a)(b)(c)