This document is an excerpt from the EUR-Lex website
Document 62008CA0278
Case C-278/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmüller GmbH v Günter Guni, trekking.at Reisen GmbH (Trade marks — Internet — Keyword advertising — Display, on the basis of keywords which are identical with or similar to trade marks, of links to sites of competitors of the proprietors of those trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 5(1))
Case C-278/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmüller GmbH v Günter Guni, trekking.at Reisen GmbH (Trade marks — Internet — Keyword advertising — Display, on the basis of keywords which are identical with or similar to trade marks, of links to sites of competitors of the proprietors of those trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 5(1))
Case C-278/08: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmüller GmbH v Günter Guni, trekking.at Reisen GmbH (Trade marks — Internet — Keyword advertising — Display, on the basis of keywords which are identical with or similar to trade marks, of links to sites of competitors of the proprietors of those trade marks — Directive 89/104/EEC — Article 5(1))
OJ C 134, 22.5.2010, p. 3–3
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
|
22.5.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 134/3 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 25 March 2010 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof — Austria) — Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmüller GmbH v Günter Guni, trekking.at Reisen GmbH
(Case C-278/08) (1)
(Trade marks - Internet - Keyword advertising - Display, on the basis of keywords which are identical with or similar to trade marks, of links to sites of competitors of the proprietors of those trade marks - Directive 89/104/EEC - Article 5(1))
2010/C 134/03
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Oberster Gerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Die BergSpechte Outdoor Reisen und Alpinschule Edi Koblmüller GmbH
Defendants: Günter Guni, trekking.at Reisen GmbH
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Oberster Gerichtshof — Interpretation of Article 5(1) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1) — Reservation of a sign similar or identical to a trade mark with an internet search engine operator in order that, once that sign has been entered as a search term, advertising for products or services identical or similar to those for which the trade mark in question was registered appears automatically on the screen (‘keyword advertising’) — Classification of that utilisation of the trade mark as a use which its proprietor is entitled to prevent
Operative part of the judgment
Article 5(1) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks must be interpreted as meaning that the proprietor of a trade mark is entitled to prohibit an advertiser from advertising, on the basis of a keyword identical with or similar to that trade mark which that advertiser has, without the consent of that proprietor, selected in connection with an internet referencing service, goods or services identical with those for which that mark is registered, in the case where that advertising does not enable an average internet user, or enables that user only with difficulty, to ascertain whether the goods or services referred to therein originate from the proprietor of the trade mark or by an undertaking which is economically connected to it or, on the contrary, originate from a third party.