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Article L713-4 of the French Intellectual Property Code

The right conferred by a trade mark does not entitle its proprietor to prohibit its use in respect of goods which have been put on the market in the European Union or in the European Economic Area under that trade mark by the proprietor or with his consent.

However, the proprietor of the trade mark is still entitled to oppose any new act of marketing if he can show legitimate grounds, relating in particular to the subsequent modification or alteration of the condition of the goods.

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Article L713-4

Le droit conféré par la marque ne permet pas à son titulaire d’interdire l’usage de celle-ci pour des produits qui ont été mis dans le commerce dans l’Union européenne ou dans l’Espace économique européen sous cette marque par le titulaire ou avec son consentement.

Toutefois, faculté reste alors ouverte au titulaire de la marque de s’opposer à tout nouvel acte de commercialisation s’il justifie de motifs légitimes, tenant notamment à la modification ou à l’altération, ultérieurement intervenue, de l’état des produits.

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