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Document 62016CN0435
Case C-435/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 4 August 2016 — Acacia Srl and Rolando D’Amato v Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Case C-435/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 4 August 2016 — Acacia Srl and Rolando D’Amato v Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Case C-435/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 4 August 2016 — Acacia Srl and Rolando D’Amato v Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
OJ C 419, 14.11.2016, p. 29–30
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
14.11.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 419/29 |
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) lodged on 4 August 2016 — Acacia Srl and Rolando D’Amato v Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
(Case C-435/16)
(2016/C 419/38)
Language of the case: German
Referring court
Bundesgerichtshof
Parties to the main proceedings
Appellants on a point of law: Acacia Srl, Rolando D’Amato
Respondent on a point of law: Dr.Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
Questions referred
1. |
Is the application of the bar to protection as provided for in Article 110(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 (1) limited to fixed shape parts, namely those parts whose shape is in principle immutably determined by the appearance of the product as a whole and cannot therefore be freely selected by the customer, such as rims for motor vehicles? |
2. |
If Question 1 is answered in the negative: Is the application of the bar to protection as provided for in Article 110(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 limited only to the supply of products of an identical design, which thus correspond also in colour and size to the original products? |
3. |
If Question 1 is answered in the negative: Does the bar to protection as provided for in Article 110(1) of Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 apply in favour of the supplier of a product that fundamentally infringes the design at issue only if this supplier objectively ensures that his product can be purchased exclusively for repair purposes and not for other purposes as well, such as the upgrading or customisation of the product as a whole? |
4. |
If Question 3 is answered in the affirmative: Which measures must the supplier of a product that fundamentally infringes the design at issue take in order to objectively ensure that his product can be purchased exclusively for repair purposes and not for other purposes as well, such as the upgrading or customisation of the product as a whole? Is it enough:
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(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (OJ 2002 L 3, p. 1).