62021CJ0355_SUM
Case C‑355/21
Perfumesco.pl sp. z o.o. sp.k.
v
Procter & Gamble International Operations SA
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sąd Najwyższy)
Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 13 October 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Intellectual property – Directive 2004/48/EC – Enforcement of intellectual property rights – Article 10 – Corrective measures – Destruction of goods – Concept of ‘infringement of an intellectual property right’ – Goods bearing an EU trade mark)
Questions referred for a preliminary ruling – Admissibility – Conditions – Request from a national court or tribunal within the meaning of Article 267 TFEU – Presumption of admissibility regardless of the actual composition of that court or tribunal – Limits
(Art. 19(1), second subpara., TEU; Art. 267 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Art. 47)
(see paragraphs 32-34)
Approximation of laws – Enforcement of intellectual property rights – Directive 2004/48 – Measures, procedures and remedies – Corrective measures – Scope – Infringement of intellectual property rights
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/48, Art. 10(1))
(see paragraphs 41, 44)
Approximation of laws – Enforcement of intellectual property rights – Directive 2004/48 – Measures, procedures and remedies – Corrective measures – Destruction of goods duly manufactured and illegally placed on the market
(European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/48, Art. 10(1))
(see paragraphs 48, 49, 54, 55, operative part)
See the text of the decision.