Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 2 July 2009.

Fundación Española para la Innovación de la Artesanía (FEIA) v Cul de Sac Espacio Creativo SL and Acierta Product & Position SA.

Reference for a preliminary ruling: Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº 1 de Alicante y nº 1 de Marca Comunitaria - Spain.

Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Community designs - Articles 14 and 88 - Proprietor of the right to the Community design - Unregistered design - Commissioned design.

Case C-32/08.


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
13/08/2009 FEIA
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2009:418		 02/07/2009 FEIA
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2009:418		 02/07/2009 FEIA
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
12/04/2008 FEIA
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2009:200		 26/03/2009 FEIA
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

2009 I-05611

Subject-matter

Interpretation of Article 14(1) and (3) and Article 88(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (OJ 2002 L 3, p. 1) – Holders of rights – Right belonging to the employer or the salaried creator/author – Definitions

Systematic classification scheme

1.
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-38 Community designs
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B European Community (EEC/EC)
  B-38 Community designs


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 28/01/2008

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/03/2009

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

02/07/2009


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 92 from 12.04.2008, p.14

Judgment: OJ C 205 from 29.08.2009, p.7

Name of the parties

FEIA

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Idot, Laurence: Titulaire du droit à des dessins dans le cadre d'une commande, Europe 2009 Octobre Comm. nº 377 p.25-26
  2. Thiele, Clemens: Designschutz - Auftragsarbeiten - nicht eingetragenes Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster - Übertragbarkeit, MR-Int : Europäische Rundschau zum Medienrecht, IP- & IT-Recht 2009 p.125-126
  3. Vanhees, Hendrik: Het eerste arrest van het Hof van Justitie inzake Gemeenschapsmodellen: belang en gevolgen voor de Benelux, Revue de droit intellectuel : l'ingénieur-conseil 2009 p.498-509
  4. Bergé, Jean-Sylvestre: A propos du "petit droit européen des contrats" : de quelques exemples récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle, Revue des contrats 2010 p.725-728
  5. Becker, Guido Michael: Wem "gehört" das nicht eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster? Zugleich Anmerkung zu EuGH vom 2. Juli 2009 - C-32/08, GRUR Int. 2009, 1018 ff. - FEIA ./. Cul de Sac, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht, internationaler Teil 2010 p.484-489



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Juzgado de lo Mercantil nº 1 de Alicante y nº 1 de Marca Comunitaria - Spain

Subject-matter

  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs

Provisions of national law referred to

Ley 20/2003, de 7 de julio, de Protección Jurídica del Diseño Industrial, de 7/07/2003, de Protección Jurídica del Diseño Industrial, art. 14 et 15

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

première chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Mengozzi

Language(s) of the Case

  • Spanish

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • Italian