Daimler AG v Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft (C-179/15)

Judgment of 3 Mar 2016

law://eu/cjeu/2015/c-179-15/para_28@2026-11-12

28It should be pointed out that the Court has already held that the use of a trade mark by a third party, without the proprietor’s authorisation, in order to inform the public that that third party carries out repairs and maintenance of goods covered by that trade mark or that he has specialised, or is a specialist, in such goods constitutes, in certain circumstances, a use of that mark for the purposes of Article 5(1)(a) of Directive 2008/95, which may be prohibited by the trade mark proprietor unless Article 6 of that directive, concerning the limitation of the effects of the trade mark, or Article 7 of that directive, concerning exhaustion of the rights conferred by it, are applicable (see judgment in BMW, C‑63/97, EU:C:1999:82, paragraphs 42 and 45).

Daimler AG v Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft (C-179/15)

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