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Harman International Industries, Inc. v AB SA (C-175/21)
Consideration of the question referred
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Harman International Industries, Inc. v AB SA (C-175/21)

Judgment of 17 Nov 2022law://eu/cjeu/2021/c-175-21/para_41@2026-11-10

41In order to ensure a fair balance between those fundamental interests, the possibility of relying on the exhaustion of the rights conferred by an EU trade mark, as an exception to those rights, is limited in several respects.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Fifth Chamber
Case: C-175/21 · ECLI:EU:C:2022:895
Decided: 17 Nov 2022
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Sąd Okręgowy w Warszawie (Regional Court, Warsaw, Poland)
Applicant: Harman International Industries Inc.
Defendant: AB S.A.
Rapporteur: M. Ilešič
Advocate General: G. Pitruzzella
Bench: 5 judges
E. Regan, D. Gratsias, M. Ilešič, I. Jarukaitis, Z. Csehi
Language: Polish
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62021CJ0175

Topics

Free movement of goods Trade marks

History · 1 version

17 Nov 2022Reading

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Interprets 4: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2017/10012 provisions; Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance)
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