Request for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 3 de Madrid (Spain) lodged on 5 November 2014 — Rossa dels Vents Assessoria, S.L. v U Hostels Albergues Juveniles, S.L.

(Case C-491/14)

(2015/C 026/14)

Language of the case: Spanish

Referring court

Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 3 de Madrid

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Rossa dels Vents Assessoria, S.L.

Defendant: U Hostels Albergues Juveniles, S.L.

Question referred

Must Article 5(1) of Directive 2008/95/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks be interpreted as meaning that the exclusive right of the proprietor of a trade mark to prevent all third parties from using, in the course of trade, signs identical with or similar to its trade mark extends to a third-party proprietor of a later trade mark, without the need for that latter mark to have been declared invalid beforehand?

(1)  OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25.