N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

N.GRIGORIADIS & ASSOCIATES LAW FIRM

Decision no 13525/2014 of the Single-Member First Instance Court of Athens re. the illegal use of well-known trademarks by a former member of a selective distribution car network

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Decision no 13525/2014 of the Single-Member First Instance Court of Athens re. the illegal use of well-known trademarks by a former member of a selective distribution car network

The Court ruled that the defendant, a former dealer of a selective distribution car network, is obliged, due to the termination of the distributorship agreement, to remove -within 10 days from the service of the decision- the signage depicting the well-known trademarks of the plaintiffs and to cease and desist in the future from the use of the trademarks anywhere, including its website or any website.
Moreover, the Court ordered the publication of the operative part of the decision in a newspaper at defendant’s expense, while it imposed a monetary penalty of 1.000 € for each future infringement of the cease-and-desist order.
Nikos Grigoriadis argued for plaintiffs-proprietors of the well-known trademarks.