By means of its Judgement delivered on 22 December 2022, in joined cases C‑148/21 and C‑184/21, the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’ or the ‘Court’) established that the operator of an online marketplace may be held directly liable for trademark infringement because of advertisements of third-party infringing goods displayed on such a marketplace and delivery thereof. The evaluation focuses on host providers which not only allow third parties to operate on their platform, but also offer their own competing products and services alongside third-party offers.
Christian Louboutin is a French designer…
