50The extended protection conferred by Article 9(1)(c) of that regulation on proprietors of EU trade marks with a reputation consists in empowering those holders to prohibit any third party from making, in the course of trade and without the consent of the proprietor, use without due cause of an identical or similar sign — whether for similar goods or services or for goods or services not similar to those for which those marks are registered — which takes unfair advantage of the distinctive character or the repute of those marks or is detrimental to that distinctive character or repute (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 September 2011, Interflora and Interflora British Unit, C‑323/09, EU:C:2011:604, paragraphs 68 and 70).
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