7 September 2017TrademarksAurélia Marie

France jurisdiction report: The application of lis pendens

The purpose of the lis pendens rule laid out in article 109 of EU Regulation No. 207/2009 is to avoid contradictory judgments when claims of infringement are decided concurrently by courts of different member states.

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