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Abstract

A genuine reflection of the balance between free movement of goods (for which the Court of Justice of the European Union guarantees respect) and the monopoly of exploitation granted to the holder of an intellectual property right finds that the exhaustion of rights is a principle in constant mutation.

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Footnotes
1
ECJ, case 78/70, Deutsche Grammophon, ECR 1971 487.
 
2
Articles L. 122-3-1, L. 211-6, L. 513-8, L. 613-6 and L. 713-4 of the Intellectual Property Code.
 
3
TGI Paris, 9 November 1993, PIBD 1994, III, p. 111 confirmed by CA Paris, 29 May 1998, Gaz Pal. 2000, doct., p. 144.
 
4
ECJ, case 16/03, Peak Holding v. Axolin-Elinor, ECR 2004 I-11313; CJEU, case 127/09, Coty Prestige Lancaster Group GmbH v. Simex Trading AG, ECR 2010 I-4965.
 
5
Regarding trademarks: Cass. Com., 2 December 1997, no 95/17255, adjusting to Community case law: ECJ, case 355/96, Silhouette International v. Hartlauer, ECR 1998 I-4799.
 
6
With regard to Curaçao Island: CA Lyon, 17 September 1998, PIBD 1998, III, p. 519.
 
7
CA Paris, 13 October 1999, PIBD 2000, III, p. 68.
 
8
First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks, OJ 1989 L 40/1.
 
9
ECJ, case 59/08, Copad v. Dior, ECR 2009 I-3421.
 
10
Cass. Com., 2 February 2010, no 06/16202.
 
11
Cass. Com., 13 July 2010, no 09/14668.
 
12
CA Paris, 25 April 2001, PIBD 2001, III, 543.
 
13
ECJ, case 173/98, Sebago. v. Unic, ECR 1999 I-4103.
 
14
Cass. Com., 20 February 2007, no 05/11088; Cass. Com., 26 February 2008, no 05/19087; Cass. Com., 7 April 2009, no 08/13378; CA Paris, 15 June 2011, no 2009/12305.
 
15
ECJ, cases 414/99 to 416/99, Zino Davidoff SA v. A & G Imports Ltd and Levi Strauss & Co. and Others v. Tesco Stores Ltd and Others, ECR 2001 I-8691.
 
16
Cass. Com., 9 April 2002, no 99/15428.
 
17
Cass. Com., 21 October 2008, no 05/12580.
 
18
CA Paris, 28 March 2003, no 2001/18187.
 
19
First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trademarks, OJ 1989 L 40/1.
 
20
Paragraph 2 of article L. 713-4 of the Intellectual Property Code.
 
21
ECJ, case 102/77, Hoffmann Laroche v. Centrafarm; ECR 1978 1139; ECJ, case 427/93, Bristol Meyers Squibb v. Paranova, ECR 1996 I-3457.
 
22
Cass. Com., 7 July 2004, no 02/17729, for the repackaging of phytosanitary products.
 
23
Cass. Com., 28 January 1992, no 90/14292, as concerns jeans.
 
24
ECJ, case 337/95 Dior v. Evora; ECR 1997 I- 6013; ECJ, case 59/08, Copad v. Dior, ECR 2009 I-3421.
 
25
Cass. Com., 23 April 2010, no 09/65839, Chanel v. Caud; Cass. Com., 23 March 2010, no 09/66987, Chanel v. Marm; Cass. Com., 24 May 2011, no 10/20620, Chanel v. Jarnis.
 
26
Cass. Com., 9 October 2012, no 11/11094, contra: CA Paris, 5 June 2013, no 10/18348, for common products bearing a luxury trademark.
 
27
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, OJ 2001 L 167/10.
 
28
Articles 122-3-1 and L. 211-6 of the Intellectual Property Code.
 
29
Cass. Com., 27 April 2004, no 99/18464, La Plume v. Nintendo.
 
30
Act no 2006-961 of 1 August 2006 concerning copyright and related rights in the information society, OJ no 178, 3 August 2006, p. 11529.
 
31
As opposed to the solution of the US Supreme Court which admits the international exhaustion—US Supreme Court, 19 March 2013, no 11-697.
 
32
TGI Paris, 28 April 2011, no 09/13567.
 
33
Act no 94-361 of 10 May 1994 implementing the Directive no 91-250 of the European Communities Council dated 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs and amending the Intellectual Property Code, OJ no 109, 11 May 1994, p. 6863.
 
34
Council Directive 91/250/EEC of 14 May 1991 on the legal protection of computer programs, OJ 1991 L 122, modified by Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009, OJ 2009 L 111/16.
 
35
CA Paris, 19 January 2005, no 04/16422, in the hypothesis of an online software sale.
 
36
T. com Créteil, 12 November 1996, RIDA, April 1997, p. 310.
 
37
CA Paris, 23 September 1997, no 93/491, 93/636, 93/13558, 93/2562.
 
38
CA Douai, 26 January 2009, no 07/02368.
 
39
Cass. Civ 1st 11 September 2013, no 12/17794.
 
40
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, Capitol Records LLC v. ReDigi Inc, no 12-00095.
 
41
Press statement, 30 January 2014 “Quarterly barometer of the e-commerce audience in France, 4th semester 2013”.
 
42
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (“Directive on electronic commerce”), OJ 2000 L. 178/1.
 
43
Paragraph 17 of the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (“Directive on electronic commerce”), OJ 2000 L. 178/1; Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations, OJ 1998 L. 204/37.
 
44
Article 4 of the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (“Directive on electronic commerce”), OJ 2000 L. 178/1.
 
45
Article 14 of the Law 2004-475 of 21 June 2004 to support confidence in digital economy, namely “LCEN Act”.
 
46
Rapport d’activité 2012/2013, Fédération e-commerce et vente à distance, www.​fevad.​com.
 
47
Article L. 311-3 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
 
48
Competition Authority, opinion no 12-A-20 of 18 September 2012 regarding the functioning of the competition in the electronic commerce; www.​autoritedelaconc​urrence.​fr.
 
49
“Roadmap to Digital Single Market”, Policy Department A: Economic and scientific policy, European Parliament http://​www.​europarl.​europa.​eu/​document/​activities/​cont/​201209/​20120914ATT51402​/​20120914ATT51402​EN.​pdf.
 
50
Completing the Digital Single Market leads to an extra 260 billion per year, 4 January 2014, http://​www.​ecommerce-europe.​eu/​news/​completing-the-digital-single-market-leads-to-an-extra-260-billion-per-year.
 
51
Articles 1369-1 and 1369-4 of the civil code.
 
52
Article 17 of the Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (“Directive on electronic commerce”), OJ 2000 L. 178/1.
 
53
Article 16 of Council Regulation no 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters OJ 2001 L. 12/1.
 
54
Articles L. 121-16 to L. 121-20 of the consumer code.
 
55
Law no 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 on the consumption; new article L. 121-21 of the Consumer Code.
 
56
New article L. 121-21-1 of the Consumer Code.
 
57
Jur. prox. Paris 3rd arrondissement., 25 June 2013, Noisette G./Priceminister; Jur Prox. Dieppe, 7 February 2011, Igor/Priceminister.
 
58
Article L. 132-1 of the consumer code.
 
59
TGI Paris, 1st Chamber, 4 February 2003 Rev.Lamy.dr.aff.2003, no 60, no 3787, D.2003, obs Manara C.; TGI, 7th Chamber, 21 March 2006, RLDI 2006/17, no 512, obs.L.C.
 
60
T.com. Paris, 4 October 2011, RLDI 2011/76, Expedia.fr; Cass. Com., 4 December 2012, no 11-27.729, RLDI 2013/89, No 2977, obs.L.C, Leguide.com.
 
61
Article 35 of the AFNIC Charter.
 
62
TGI Paris, 3rd Chamber, 26 August 2009, no 08/17160, Recueil dalloz 2009, p. 2219.
 
63
TGI Draguignan, 21 August 1997, Commune de Saint-Tropez/SA Eurovirtuel and others.
 
64
TGI Bordeaux, Referee Order, 22 July 1996, Sapeso and Atlantel/Icare.
 
65
Enacted by the Law no 2009-669 of 12 July 2009 encouraging the display and the protection of the creation on Internet.
 
66
Decree no 2010-695 of 25 June 2010 providing a characterized negligence offense protecting the artistic property on Internet.
 
67
Decree no 2013-596 of 8 July 2013 suppressing the complementary penalty of suspension of the access to publicly available electronic communications service and relative to modalities of transmission of information provided by article L. 331-21 of Intellectual Property Code.
 
68
Three judgments of the Commercial Court of Paris, 30 June 2008, no 2006077799, LouisVuitton Malletier, Christian Dior Couture, Perfumes Christian Dior/eBay Inc., eBay International Ag.
 
69
TGI Paris, 3rd Chamber, 3rd Section., 13 May 2009, no 07/11365, L’Oréal and a.c eBay France.
 
70
Cass. 1st Civ, 12 July 2012, no 11-15.165, 11-15.188, no 11-13.669, no 11-13.666, Google Inc et Google France/. Auféminin.com.
 
71
Law no 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 on the consumption.
 
72
ECJ, 27 March 2014, case 314-12, UPC Telekabel Wien, not yet published.
 
73
Article L. 716-14 of Intellectual Property Code modified by the Law of 29 October 2007 to fight against the approximate fixing damages by the judge who sets up the criterion of economic or intangible nature.
 
74
Article 2 of the Law no 2014-35 of 11 March 2014 reinforcing the fight against counterfeiting.
 
75
TGI Paris, 7 November 2007, no 06/11852 Eastpack; TGI Paris, 14 November 2007, no 05/11735, Euridile.
 
76
Article L. 716-9 of the Intellectual Property Code: 4 years imprisonment and 400,000€ fine; Article L. 716-10 of the Intellectual Property Code: 3 years imprisonment and 300,000€ fine.
 
77
ECJ, 6 February 2014, case 98/13 M.Blomqvist/Rolex, not yet published.
 
78
Cass. Com., 13 July 2010, no 06-20.230, Louis Vuitton/Google; Com., 29 March 2011, no 10-12.272, Maceo/eBay.
 
79
Cass. Civ., 1st, 6 January 2010, no 08-19066 Sanofi Aventis/Novo Nordisk; Cass. Com., 20 March 2012, no 11-10600, Sanofi Aventis/Novo Nordisk.
 
80
ECJ, 3 October 2013, case 170/12, Pinckney, not yet published.
 
81
Article 5.2 of the Berne Convention of 9 September 1886: “apart from the provisions of this Convention, the extent of protection, as well as the means of redress afforded to the author to protect his rights, shall be governed exclusively by the laws of the country where protection is claimed”.
 
82
Modèle de contrat d’édition d’une œuvre de littérature générale et commentaires, SGDL, http://​www.​sgdl.​org/​phocadownload/​contrat_​%C5%93uvre.​pdf.
 
83
Filière de la musique enregistrée: quels sont les véritables revenus des artistes-interprètes?, avril 2006, ADAMI, http://​www.​irma.​asso.​fr/​IMG/​pdf/​4063_​Etude_​remuneration_​musique_​avril2006.​pdf.
 
Metadata
Title
France
Authors
Mary-Claude Mitchell
Jean-Louis Fourgoux
Tiphaine Delannoy
Rachel Nakache
Copyright Year
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27158-3_24