5 September 2019TrademarksSaman Javed

CJEU says EUTM suits can be brought where infringers’ consumers are based

Europe’s highest court has ruled that an EU trademark owner who believes their IP has been infringed, may sue before an EU court in any member state in which the infringer’s ‘advertised to’ consumers are based.

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