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Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac v Gust. Ranin Oy (C-4/10, C-27/10)
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Consideration of the questions referred
Question 2
The conditions for the application of…
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Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac v Gust. Ranin Oy (C-4/10, C-27/10)

Judgment of 14 Jul 2011law://eu/cjeu/2010/c-4-10/para_57@2026-11-11

57More specifically, the Court has held that that could be the position in the case of products with visual similarities and sales names which are phonetically and visually alike (Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Gorgonzola, paragraph 27, and Commission v Germany, paragraph 46).

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · First Chamber
Cases: C-4/10, C-27/10 · ECLI:EU:C:2011:484
Decided: 14 Jul 2011
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Korkein hallinto-oikeus (Finland)
Applicant: Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac
Rapporteur: M. Berger
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 5 judges
A. Tizzano, M. Ilešič, E. Levits, M. Safjan, M. Berger
Language: Finnish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62010CJ0004

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Agriculture Approximation of laws Consumer protection System of property ownership

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Interprets 1: Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89
Cited by 12: Scotch Whisky Association v Michael Klotz (C-44/17); Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP (IVDP) v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-40/24); Joaquim José Esteves Lopes Granja v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-417/20); Textilis Ltd and Ozgur Keskin v Svenskt Tenn Aktiebolag (C-21/18); Comité Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne v Aldi Süd Dienstleistungs-GmbH & Co.OHG (C-393/16)2 provisions; Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen "Torta del Casar" v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-828/16); Emmanuel Lebek v Janusz Domino (C-70/15); Viiniverla Oy v Sosiaali- ja terveysalan lupa- ja valvontavirasto (C-75/15)3 provisions; Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro e do Porto, IP v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (T-659/14)2 provisions; Shamso Abdullahi v Bundesasylamt (C-394/12)2 provisions; Association nationale d’assistance aux frontières pour les étrangers (ANAFE) v Ministre de l’Intérieur, de l’Outre-mer, des Collectivités territoriales et de l’immigration (C-606/10)2 provisions; this act2 provisions
Cites 13: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance); First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Regulation (EC) No 3378/94 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 1994 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks and Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine-based drinks and aromatized wine-product cocktails following the Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations; Bavaria NV v Bayerischer Brauerbund eV (C-120/08); Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89; Falck SpA and Acciaierie di Bolzano SpA v Commission of the European Communities (C-74/00 P, C-75/00 P); Antonio Muñoz y Cia SA and Superior Fruiticola SA v Frumar Ltd and Redbridge Produce Marketing Ltd (C-253/00); Commission of the European Communities v Federal Republic of Germany (C-132/05); Fratelli Variola S.p.A. v Amministrazione italiana delle Finanze (34/73); ISD Polska sp. z o.o. and Others v European Commission (C-369/09 P); Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 of 29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks; Consorzio per la tutela del formaggio Gorgonzola v Käserei Champignon Hofmeister GmbH & Co. KG and Eduard Bracharz GmbH (C-87/97)