Sabel BV v Puma AG (Case C-251/95)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtAdvocate General's Opinion
Date1997
Year1997

Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI

Get Started for Free

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex

Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant

  • Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database

  • Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength

  • Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities

  • Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting

vLex
43 cases
  • 3M Company v Manufacturera 3M SA DE CV
    • Jamaica
    • Court of Appeal (Jamaica)
    • 21 July 2017
    ...18. Furthermore, according to the case law of the court, the more distinctive the earlier mark, the greater the risk of confusion (see [1997] ECR I-6191 (para 24)). Since protection of a trade mark depends, in accordance with art 4(1)(b) of the directive, on there being a likelihood of conf......
  • General Cigar Company Inc. v Partagas y cia SA
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 29 July 2005
    ...to analyse its various details. The more distinctive the earlier mark, the greater the risk of confusion: Case C-251/95SABEL v Puma [1997] ECR I-6191; Case C-39/97Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc [1998] ECR I-5507; 117; Case C-342/97Lloyd Schuhfabrik Meyer & Co GmbH v Kl......
  • Red Bull Gmbh v Sun Mark Ltd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 17 July 2012
    ...of the European Union in a considerable number of decisions, and in particular the leading cases of Case C-251/95SABEL BV v Puma AG [1997] ECR I-6191, Case C-39/97Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer Inc [1998] ECR I-5507, Case C-342/97Lloyd Schuhfabrik Meyer & Co GmbH v Klijsen......
  • Esure Insurance Ltd v Direct Line Insurance Plc
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 29 June 2007
    ...concept of similarity in relation to the likelihood of confusion;” - see also Sabel BV v Puma AG, Rudolf Dassler Sport Case C-251/95, [1997] ECR I-6191 the earliest of the ECJ cases to which I was referred and one in which Advocate-General Jacobs refers to the tenth recital and the “concept......
  • Get Started for Free