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ARTICLE · 21 JANUARY 2011

Advocate General Opinion in L’Oreal v. eBay Case

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Advocate general Jääskinen (the "AG") of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") gave on 9 December 2010 an elaborate opinion (the "Opinion") in Case C-324/09 on a series of trade mark issues that arose in litigation in the UK between three subsidiaries of eBay Inc., which operate an electronic marketplace ("eBay"), and L’Oréal SA and its subsidiaries, a major manufacturer and supplier of perfumes, cosmetics and hair care products which are sold under various well-known trademarks

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Advocate general Jääskinen (the "AG") of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "ECJ") gave on 9 December 2010 an elaborate opinion (the "Opinion") in Case C-324/09 on a series of trade mark issues that arose in litigation in the UK between three subsidiaries of eBay Inc., which operate an electronic marketplace ("eBay"), and L'Oréal SA and its subsidiaries, a major manufacturer and supplier of perfumes, cosmetics and hair care products which are sold under various well-known trademarks ("L'Oreal").

The case was brought before the ECJ by the UK High Court. The UK High Court sought the guidance from the ECJ on the interpretation of a range of European legal instruments governing trade mark law, electronic commerce and the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

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