BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon <AMZN.O> is not breaching trade mark rights by stocking and shipping goods for third-party sellers, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday, siding with the U.S. online retail giant against U.S. cosmetics company Coty <COTY.N>.
The opinion came from Manuel Campos Sanchez-Bordona, advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
The Luxembourg-based court, which follows such non-binding recommendations in the majority of cases, would normally give a ruling in the next two to four months.
A German court had sought advice from the CJEU in a case underlining the long-running battle between luxury owners seeking to preserve their exclusivity and branding and online platforms such as Amazon and eBay <EBAY.O> fighting against online sales curbs.
The case is C-567/18 Coty Germany.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by Philip Blenkinsop)
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