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Case C-119/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 4 March 2010 — Frisdranken Industrie Winters BV v Red Bull GmbH
Case C-119/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 4 March 2010 — Frisdranken Industrie Winters BV v Red Bull GmbH
Case C-119/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 4 March 2010 — Frisdranken Industrie Winters BV v Red Bull GmbH
OJ C 134, 22.5.2010, p. 23–24
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
22.5.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 134/23 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 4 March 2010 — Frisdranken Industrie Winters BV v Red Bull GmbH
(Case C-119/10)
2010/C 134/35
Language of the case: Dutch
Referring court
Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
Parties to the main proceedings
Applicant: Frisdranken Industrie Winters BV
Defendant: Red Bull GmbH
Questions referred
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If the answer to question 1.a is in the affirmative, can using the sign then also be prohibited in the Benelux on the basis of Article 5 of the Trade Mark Directive if the goods bearing the sign are destined exclusively for export to countries outside (a) the Benelux area or (b) the European Union, and they cannot — except in the undertaking where the filling took place — be seen therein by the public? |
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If the answer to question II (a or b) is in the affirmative, what criterion must be used when answering the question whether there has been trade-mark infringement: should the criterion be the perception of an average consumer who is reasonably well-informed and reasonably observant and circumspect in the Benelux or alternatively in the European Union — who then in the given circumstances can only be determined in a fictional or abstract way — or must a different criterion be used in this case, for example, the perception of the consumer in the country to which the goods are exported? |
(1) First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1).