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Boehringer Ingelheim KG and Others v Swingward Ltd and Dowelhurst Ltd (C-348/04)
Judgment
Question 2(a): the concept of repackag…
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Boehringer Ingelheim KG and Others v Swingward Ltd and Dowelhurst Ltd (C-348/04)

Judgment of 26 Apr 2007law://eu/cjeu/2004/c-348-04/para_28@2026-11-11

28It follows from the foregoing that in Boehringer Ingelheim and Others the Court included in the concept of repackaging the relabelling which was undoubtedly one of the forms envisaged by the referring court in which the packaging of the medicinal products in question was altered.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-348/04 · ECLI:EU:C:2007:249
Decided: 26 Apr 2007
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales) (Civil Division) (United Kingdom)
Applicants: Boehringer Ingelheim KG; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co, KG and 9 more
Boehringer Ingelheim KG; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co, KG; Glaxo Group Ltd; Glaxo Group Ltd; The Wellcome Foundation Ltd; SmithKline Beecham plc; Beecham Group plc; SmithKline & French Laboratories Ltd; Eli Lilly and Co
Defendants: Swingward Ltd; Dowelhurst Ltd and 4 more
Swingward Ltd; Dowelhurst Ltd; Dowelhurst Ltd; Dowelhurst Ltd
Rapporteur: L. Bay Larsen
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 5 judges
C.W.A. Timmermans, J. Klucka, J. Makarczyk, G. Arestis, L. Bay Larsen
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62004CJ0348

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Pharmaceutical and cosmetic products Trade marks

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
Interpreted by the courts in 1: Impexeco NV and PI Pharma NV v Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma NV (C-253/20)
Cited by 10: Junek Europ-Vertrieb GmbH v Lohmann & Rauscher International GmbH & Co. KG (C-642/16)8 provisions; Portakabin Ltd and Portakabin BV v Primakabin BV (C-558/08)2 provisions; Ferring Lægemidler A/S, acting on behalf of Ferring BV v Orifarm A/S (C-297/15); Orifarm A/S and Others and Paranova Danmark A/S and Paranova Pack A/S v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Merck Sharp & Dohme BV and Merck Sharp & Dohme (C-400/09, C-207/10)2 provisions; Impexeco NV and PI Pharma NV v Novartis AG and Novartis Pharma NV (C-253/20)4 provisions; The Wellcome Foundation Ltd v Paranova Pharmazeutika Handels GmbH (C-276/05); Novartis Pharma GmbH v Abacus Medicine A/S (C-147/20); Merck Sharp & Dohme BV and Others v Abacus Medicine A/S and Others (C-224/20)2 provisions; Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH v kohlpharma GmbH (C-204/20); Patent-och registreringsverket v Mats Hansson (C-705/17)
Cites 11: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Bristol-Myers Squibb v Paranova A/S and C. H. Boehringer Sohn, Boehringer Ingelheim KG and Boehringer Ingelheim A/S v Paranova A/S and Bayer Aktiengesellschaft and Bayer Danmark A/S v Paranova A/S (C-427/93, C-429/93, C-436/93); Boehringer Ingelheim KG, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma KG, Glaxo Group Ltd, The Wellcome Foundation Ltd, SmithKline Beecham plc, Beecham Group plc, SmithKline & French Laboratories Ltd and Eli Lilly and Co. v Swingward Ltd and Dowelhurst Ltd (C-143/00); First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Jean Noël Royer (48/75); Pharmacia & Upjohn SA v Paranova A/S (C-379/97); Parfums Christian Dior SA and Parfums Christian Dior BV v Evora BV (C-337/95); Bayerische Motorenwerke AG (BMW) and BMW Nederland BV v Ronald Karel Deenik (C-63/97); Criminal proceedings against Sandro Gallotti, Roberto Censi, Giuseppe Salmaggi, Salvatore Pasquire, Massimo Zappone, Francesco Segna and others, Cesare Cervetti, Mario Gasbarri, Isidoro Narducci and Fulvio Smaldone (C-58/95, C-75/95, C-112/95, C-119/95, C-123/95, C-135/95, C-140/95, C-141/95, C-154/95, C-157/95); Class International BV v Colgate-Palmolive Company and Others (C-405/03); Konstantinos Adeneler and Others v Ellinikos Organismos Galaktos (ELOG) (C-212/04)