ECJ clarifies territorial scope of sanctions

The Court of Justice of theEuropean Union (ECJ) hasclarified the territorial scope ofinjunctions and the coercivemeasures used to enforce suchinjunctions for infringement a Community trademark (CTstating that “the scope of theprohibition against furtherinfringement or threatenedinfringement of a Communitytrademark, issued by aCommunity trademark court…extends, as a rule, to the en tirearea of the European Union”.