LUXURY CLOTHING BRANDS CAN BLOCK ON-SALES TO DISCOUNT RETAILERS: ECJ
April 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LUXURY clothing brands can prevent authorised agents on-selling lines to another retailer, if this could damage their reputation, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled. Judges said Christian Dior could prevent its licensee the Société Industrielle Lingerie (SIL) from onselling its luxury corsetry to a discount retailer Copad. Dior argued in the French courts this infringed their European Union (EU) trademark rights. Court documents said SIL had promised "not to sell, in particular, to discount stores outside the selective ...
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