Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 204

State of Kuwait · Pleadings — Part Three · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Bringing goods bearing the original producer's trademark, for which the local agent has exclusivity, into his territory or the distributor's territory during the term of his agency and through channels other than him, for trading purposes. Unfair competition entailing the perpetrator's liability. Possessing those goods or dealing in them by purchase and sale within the local market without importing them. No prohibition and no liability upon the person doing so.
Arabic original
إدخال البضائع التي تحمل علامة المنتج الأصلي التي ينفرد بها الوكيل المحلي إلى منطقة عمله أو عمل الموزع خلال مدة وكالته وعن غير طريقه بقصد الاتجار. منافسة غير مشروعة تستوجب مسئولية فاعلها. حيازة تلك البضائع أو التعامل فيها عن طريق البيع والشراء داخل السوق المحلي دون استيرادها. لا حظر ولا مسئولية على فاعله.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ١٨٠/٢٠٠٢ إداري جلسة ٣/٣/٢٠٠٣ مج القسم الخامس المجلد الحادي عشر ص٦٥٦)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Pleadings — Part Three — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 40. PDF pages: 37.

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