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CJEU clarifies ‘stocking’ under Article 10(3)(b) Trade Marks Directive: cross-border storage targeting protected state infringes; indirect control over goods suffices (Tradeinn v PH)

Published on: 18 August 2025

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Tradeinn Retail Services S.L. Case C‑76/24

What are the practical implications of this case?

Under Article 10(3)(b) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436, an unauthorised third party may not use a trade mark by offering or placing goods on the market, by holding stock for those ends under the sign, or by offering or providing services beneath it. The Court of Justice confirmed that storing goods bearing an infringing trade mark in one state constitutes an offence where the intention is to market those goods in the state in which the trade mark is registered.

What was the background?

PH owns two German trade marks, ED and a device, registered for, inter alia, ‘diving equipment, diving suits, diving gloves, diving masks and breathing apparatus for diving’. From Spain, Tradeinn Retail promoted diving accessories for sale on its website and via Amazon.de using PH’s trade marks. Items delivered after a test purchase did not display PH’s trade marks. PH commenced proceedings before the German courts seeking an injunction obliging Tradeinn to stop using the marks concerned in the course of trade in Germany for diving accessories. The relief aimed to curb such use within German trade...

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