Case C-689/15

DECISION

Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 June 2017. W. F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH and Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 9 and 15 — Filing of the cotton flower sign by an association — Registration as an individual trade mark — Licences to use the mark granted to cotton textile manufacturers affiliated with the association — Application for a declaration of invalidity or revocation — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Essential function of indicating origin. Case C-689/15.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2017:434
Judge-Rapporteur: Ilešič
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Complementary documents:: Communication published in the Official Journal

Summary

31/07/2017

Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 8 June 2017. W. F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH and Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 9 and 15 — Filing of the cotton flower sign by an association — Registration as an individual trade mark — Licences to use the mark granted to cotton textile manufacturers affiliated with the association — Application for a declaration of invalidity or revocation — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Essential function of indicating origin. Case C-689/15.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2017:434
Judge-Rapporteur: Ilešič
Type of procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling

08/06/2017

Title: Opinion of Advocate General Wathelet delivered on 1 December 2016. W. F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH and Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Articles 9 and 15 — Filing of the cotton flower sign by an association — Registration as an individual trade mark — Licences to use the mark granted to cotton textile manufacturers affiliated with the association — Application for a declaration of invalidity or revocation — Concept of ‘genuine use’ — Essential function of indicating origin. Case C-689/15.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2016:916
Advocate General: Wathelet

01/12/2016

Title: Case C-689/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 21 December 2015 — W.F. Gözze Frottierweberei GmbH, Wolfgang Gözze v Verein Bremer Baumwollbörse

04/04/2016