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Document 62000CJ0292
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 9 January 2003. # Davidoff & Cie SA and Zino Davidoff SA v Gofkid Ltd. # Reference for a preliminary ruling: Bundesgerichtshof - Germany. # Directive 89/104/EEC - Articles 4(4)(a) and 5(2) - Well-known trade marks - Protection against use of a sign in respect of identical or similar products or services. # Case C-292/00.
Rozsudok Súdneho dvora (šiesta komora) z 9. januára 2003.
Davidoff & Cie SA a Zino Davidoff SA proti Gofkid Ltd.
Návrh na začatie prejudiciálneho konania Bundesgerichtshof - Nemecko.
Vec C-292/00.
Rozsudok Súdneho dvora (šiesta komora) z 9. januára 2003.
Davidoff & Cie SA a Zino Davidoff SA proti Gofkid Ltd.
Návrh na začatie prejudiciálneho konania Bundesgerichtshof - Nemecko.
Vec C-292/00.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:9
*A9* Bundesgerichtshof, Beschluß vom 27/04/2000 (I ZR 236/97)
- Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, internationaler Teil 2000 p.1017-1021
- Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2000 p.875-879
- Juristenzeitung 2000 p.371*-372* (résumé)
- Markenrecht 2000 p.333-338
- Recht der internationalen Wirtschaft 2000 p.793-797
- Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2000 p.1142-1147
- Monatsschrift für deutsches Recht 2001 p.48 (résumé)
- European Current Law 2001 Part 3 nº 83 (résumé)
«(Directive 89/104/EEC – Articles 4(4)(a) and 5(2) – Trade marks with a reputation – Protection against use of a sign in respect of identical or similar products or services)»
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(Council Directive 89/104, Arts 4(1)(b), 4(a), 5(1) and (2))
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
9 January 2003(1)
((Directive 89/104/EEC – Articles 4(4)(a) and 5(2) – Trade marks with a reputation – Protection against use of a sign in respect of identical or similar products or services))
In Case C-292/00,
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Davidoff & Cie SA, Zino Davidoff SAand
Gofkid Ltd, on the interpretation of Articles 4(4)(a) and 5(2) of 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),THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Davidoff & Cie SA and Zino Davidoff SA, represented by J. Frisinger; of Gofkid Ltd, represented by M. Wirtz; of the United Kingdom Government, represented by J.E. Collins, acting as Agent, assisted by M. Tappin, Barrister; and of the Commission, represented by W. Berg, at the hearing on 13 December 2001,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 21 March 2002,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Bundesgerichtshof by order of 27 April 2000, hereby rules:
Puissochet |
Gulmann |
Skouris |
Macken |
Colneric |
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R. Grass |
J.-P. Puissochet |
Registrar |
President of the Sixth Chamber |