Soda-Club (CO2) and SodaStream International

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 27 October 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus – Finland) – Soda-Club (CO 2) SA, Soda Stream International BV v My Soda Oy(Case C-197/21) 1(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Trade-mark law – Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Article 15(2) – Directive (EU) 2015/2436 – Article 15(2) – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by the trade mark – Cylinders containing carbon dioxide – Placing on the market in a Member State by the trade mark proprietor – Activity of a reseller consisting in refilling and relabelling cylinders – Opposition brought by the trade mark proprietor – Legitimate reasons to oppose further commercialisation of the goods bearing the trade mark)Language of the case: Finnish Referring court Korkein oikeus Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: Soda-Club (CO 2) SA, Soda Stream International BVDefendant: My Soda Oy Operative part of the judgment Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark and Article 15(2) of Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2015 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marksmust be interpreted as meaning that the proprietor of a trade mark who has put on the market, in a Member State, goods bearing that mark and intended to be re-used and refilled many times, is not entitled, under those provisions, to oppose...