Court of Justice 12 May 2011, C-400/09 and C-207/10 (Orifarm A/S and Others (C-400/09) and Paranova Danmark A/S and Paranova Pack A/S (C-207/10) v Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Merck Sharp & Dohme BV and Merck Sharp & Dohme.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In these cases the Court has received references for preliminary rulings on the interpretation of Article 7(2) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (2) and on the case-law relating thereto, particularly the judgments in Hoffmann-La Roche ,