19 February 2016Jurisdiction reportsAurélia Marie

France: where can online infringement actions occur?

In the case Samsung v Concurrence, Samsung had terminated business relations with its distributor Concurrence because the latter had sold high-end Samsung products online even though the contract between them prohibited this. Concurrence then filed a summons against distributors Samsung France and Amazon Services Europe, based in Luxembourg, in order to withdraw Samsung’s products from Amazon’s various foreign websites.

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