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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation (France) lodged on 4 October 2018 — AR v Cooper International Spirits LLC, Établissements Gabriel Boudier SA, St Dalfour SAS

(Case C-622/18)

Language of the case: French

Referring court

Cour de cassation

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: AR

Defendants: Cooper International Spirits LLC, Établissements Gabriel Boudier SA, St Dalfour SAS

Question referred

Must Article 5(1)(b) and Articles 10 and 12 of Directive 2008/95 EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks 1 be interpreted as meaning that a proprietor which has never exploited its trade mark and whose rights over it were revoked on expiry of the period of five years following publication of its registration can obtain compensation for injury caused by infringement, claiming an adverse effect on the essential function of its trade mark, caused by use by a third party, before the effective date of the revocation, of a sign similar to that trade mark to designate goods or services identical or similar to those for which that trade mark was registered?

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1 OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25.