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PRESS RELEASE No 17/24

Luxembourg, 25 January 2024

Judgment of the Court in Case C-334/22 | Audi (Emblem support on a radiator grille)

European Union trade mark: a car manufacturer can prohibit the use of a sign identical or similar to the trade mark it owns for spare parts

That is the case when the spare part contains a component designed to attach the manufacturer’s emblem and whose shape is similar or identical to that mark.

The car manufacturer Audi is the owner of the following European Union figurative mark: (...)