Louboutin vs Amazon case
This is issue no. zero of a possible series of short videos, in which emlex’s lawyers shall be discussing interesting legal developments in the practice areas in which the firm is active. We have imagined as the series’ title as “The 400 Blows of the law”, because this video and those that will possibly follow will be recorded in the office’s room, showing the bill of the 1989 new cinema release of Les Quatre Cents Coups by Truffaut, then celebrating the 30th anniversary of the original release of the masterpiece. In this video, Massimo Maggiore talks about the recent opinion of Advocate General Szpunar in the Louboutin v. Amazon case, concerning the direct liability for TM infringement by Amazon in respect of the sale of infringing products by third parties through the marketplace.