CELEX:62020CJ0224: Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 November 2022.#Merck Sharp & Dohme BV and Others v Abacus Medicine A/S and Others.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Articles 34 and 36 TFEU – Free movement of goods – Intellectual property – Trade marks – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – EU trade mark – Article 9(2) – Article 15 – Directive (EU) 2015/2436 – Approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks – Article 10(2) – Article 15 – Rights conferred by a trade mark – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Parallel import of medicinal products – Repackaging of the product bearing the mark – New outer packaging – Replacement of the trade mark appearing on the original outer packaging by another product name – Reaffixing of the trade mark of the proprietor specific to the product, to the exclusion of the other distinctive marks or signs appearing on that original outer packaging – Opposition by the proprietor of the mark – Artificial partitioning of the markets between Member States – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Article 47a – Safety features – Replacement – Equivalent features – Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 – Article 3(2) – Anti-tampering device.#Case C-224/20.
November 17, 2022
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