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Document 62015CN0163

    Case C-163/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 9 April 2015 — Youssef Hassan v Breiding Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH

    OJ C 254, 3.8.2015, p. 3–3 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    3.8.2015   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 254/3


    Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 9 April 2015 — Youssef Hassan v Breiding Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH

    (Case C-163/15)

    (2015/C 254/03)

    Language of the case: German

    Referring court

    Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

    Parties to the main proceedings

    Applicant: Youssef Hassan

    Defendant: Breiding Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH

    Questions referred

    1.

    Does the first sentence of Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (1) preclude a licensee who is not entered in the Register of Community trade marks from invoking claims for infringement of a Community trade mark?

    2.

    In the event that the first question is answered in the affirmative: Does the first sentence of Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark preclude a national legal practice in accordance with which the licensee can enforce the trade mark proprietor’s rights against the infringer by virtue of the power conferred on it for that purpose (Prozessstandschaft)?


    (1)  OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1.


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