欧洲司法法院近日裁定，比利时极右翼政党弗拉芒利益党在反移民竞选活动中非法使用宜家商标，侵犯了该公司的商标权2。法院认定这种使用"可能对这些商标的声誉和其所有者的利益造成重大损害"2。
2022年，弗拉芒利益党在新闻发布会上推出了名为"宜家计划——移民真正可以不同"的移民改革提案，其中使用了与宜家家具组装说明书相似的图像12。宜家随后于2023年对该党提起法律诉讼1。该党及代表其负责竞选的Vrijheidsfonds协会主张其使用受言论自由保护，但欧洲司法法院驳回了这一主张2。
法院认为，援引言论自由需要商标在"善意或公众利益"的条件下使用，本案不符合此条件2。法院进一步声明，商标所有人可以阻止政党使用其商标，除非该党能够证明言论自由优先于商标所有人的权利1。比利时法院将参考欧洲司法法院的指导意见做出最终裁决2。
The European Court of Justice has sided with IKEA in a trademark infringement case against Belgium's far-right Vlaams Belang party, ruling that the political group illegally used the furniture company's trademark in a 2022 anti-immigration campaign 12. The party had launched what it called the "IKEA Plan – Immigration Really Can Be Different" using imagery similar to IKEA's assembly instructions, prompting IKEA to file a legal complaint in 2023 12.
The court determined that the use of IKEA's trademark could cause significant harm to the company's brand reputation and interests 2. While the party and the associated Vrijheidsfonds organization argued their use was protected by freedom of expression, the European Court of Justice rejected this defense 2. The court found that invocation of free speech requires the trademark to be used "in good faith or in the public interest," conditions which the court concluded were not met in this case 2. According to the court's ruling, trademark owners may prevent political parties from using their marks unless the parties can demonstrate that freedom of expression takes precedence over the trademark holder's rights 1.
The Belgian courts will now use the European Court of Justice's guidance to render a final decision on the matter 2.
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