62021CJ0197_SUM
Case C‑197/21
Soda-Club (CO2) SAandSodaStream International BV
v
MySoda Oy
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus)
Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 October 2022
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Trade-mark law – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15(2) – Directive (EU) 2015/2436 – Article 15(2) – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a trade mark – Cylinders containing carbon dioxide – Placing on the market by the trade mark proprietor of carbon dioxide cylinders intended to be reused and refilled numerous times – Activity of a reseller consisting in refilling and relabelling cylinders leaving visible the original mark – Opposition brought by the trade mark proprietor – Legitimate reasons to oppose further commercialisation of the goods bearing the trade mark)
Approximation of laws – Trade marks – Interpretation of Regulation 2017/1001 and Directive 2015/2436 – Placing on the market by the trade mark proprietor of carbon dioxide cylinders intended to be reused and refilled numerous times – Activity of a reseller consisting in refilling and relabelling cylinders leaving visible the original mark – Opposition by the proprietor of the mark
(European Parliament and Council Regulation 2017/1001, Art. 15(2); European Parliament and Council Directive 2015/2436, Art. 15(2))
(see paragraphs 34, 36, 39, 41, 43-45, 49, 54, operative part)
See the text of the decision.