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Document C2007/223/04

Case C-301/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 26 June 2007 — PAGO International GmbH v Tirolmilch registrierte Genossenschaft mbH

IO C 223, 22.9.2007, p. 4–5 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

22.9.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 223/4


Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 26 June 2007 — PAGO International GmbH v Tirolmilch registrierte Genossenschaft mbH

(Case C-301/07)

(2007/C 223/04)

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: PAGO International GmbH

Defendant: Tirolmilch registrierte Genossenschaft mbH

Questions referred

1.

Is a Community trade mark protected in the whole of the Community as a ‘trade mark with a reputation’ for the purposes of Article 9(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (1) (Regulation 40/94) if it has a ‘reputation’ only in one Member State?

2.

If the answer to the first question is in the negative: is a mark which has a ‘reputation’ only in one Member State protected in that Member State under Article 9(1)(c) of Regulation 40/94, so that a prohibition limited to that Member State may be issued?


(1)  OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1.


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