The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 386
Court of Justice of the European Union
mk advokaten GbR v MBK Rechtsanwälte GbR
(Case C‑684/19)
EU:C:2020:519
2020 July 2
President of Chamber I Jarukaitis,
Judges M Ilešič (Rapporteur), C Lycourgos
Advocate General M Szpunar
Judges M Ilešič (Rapporteur), C Lycourgos
Advocate General M Szpunar
Trade mark— Proprietor’s rights— Prevention of “use”— Proprietor of trade mark comprising name of its law firm— Second law firm using identical name in course of trade— Second firm arranging for advertisement infringing proprietor’s mark to be placed on website— Operators of other websites reproducing advertisement by placing it online— Whether second firm “using” proprietor’s sign—
Parliament and Council Directive 2008/95/EC, art 5(1)