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Joined Case C-4/10 and C-27/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — the proceedings brought by Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac (Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 — Geographical indications of spirit drinks — Temporal application — Trade mark incorporating a geographical indication — Use leading to a situation which may adversely affect the geographical indication — Refusal of registration or invalidation of such a mark — Direct applicability of a regulation)
Joined Case C-4/10 and C-27/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — the proceedings brought by Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac (Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 — Geographical indications of spirit drinks — Temporal application — Trade mark incorporating a geographical indication — Use leading to a situation which may adversely affect the geographical indication — Refusal of registration or invalidation of such a mark — Direct applicability of a regulation)
Joined Case C-4/10 and C-27/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — the proceedings brought by Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac (Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 — Geographical indications of spirit drinks — Temporal application — Trade mark incorporating a geographical indication — Use leading to a situation which may adversely affect the geographical indication — Refusal of registration or invalidation of such a mark — Direct applicability of a regulation)
OJ C 269, 10.9.2011, p. 8–9
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
10.9.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 269/8 |
Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 14 July 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Finland) — the proceedings brought by Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac
(Joined Case C-4/10 and C-27/10) (1)
(Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 - Geographical indications of spirit drinks - Temporal application - Trade mark incorporating a geographical indication - Use leading to a situation which may adversely affect the geographical indication - Refusal of registration or invalidation of such a mark - Direct applicability of a regulation)
2011/C 269/13
Language of the case: Finnish
Referring court
Korkein hallinto-oikeus
Parties to the main proceedings
Proceedings brought by: Bureau national interprofessionnel du Cognac
Intervening party: Gust. Ranin Oy
Re:
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Korkein hallinto-oikeus — Interpretation of First Council Directive 89/104 of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1988 L 40, p. 1) and Articles 16 and 23 of Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 (OJ 2008 L 39, p. 16) — Relationship between the trade marks and the protected geographical indications — Registration of a figurative mark incorporating inter alia the geographical indication ‘Cognac’ for spirit drinks not fulfilling the conditions for use of that geographical indication.
Operative part of the judgment
1. |
Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 is applicable to the assessment of the validity of the registration of a trade mark containing a geographical indication protected by that regulation, where registration took place before the regulation entered into force; |
2. |
Articles 23 and 16 of Regulation No 110/2008 must be interpreted as meaning that:
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