Court of Justice 12 March 2009, C-529/07 (Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Franz Hauswirth GmbH.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. For the first time, the Court is asked for guidance on the concept of bad faith within the meaning of the Community trade mark legislation. 2. In particular, a Community trade mark may be declared invalid ‘where the applicant was acting in bad faith when he filed the application for the trade mark’. 3.