Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber), 13 February 2014

H. Gautzsch Großhandel GmbH & Co. KG v Münchener Boulevard Möbel Joseph Duna GmbH

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Community designs — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Articles 7(1), 11(2), 19(2), 88 and 89(1)(a) and (d) — Unregistered Community design — Protection — Making available to the public — Novelty — Action for infringement — Burden of proof — Extinction of rights over time — Time-barring — Applicable law

Case C‑479/12


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
14/03/2014 H. Gautzsch Großhandel
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2014:75		 13/02/2014 H. Gautzsch Großhandel
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2014:75		 13/02/2014 H. Gautzsch Großhandel
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
18/01/2013 H. Gautzsch Großhandel
General and final provisions
  • General and final provisions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2013:537		 05/09/2013 H. Gautzsch Großhandel
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

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
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        4.11.04.02.01
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.02 null
        4.11.04.02.01
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.02 null
        4.11.04.02.03
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.02 null
        4.11.04.02.03
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 null
        4.11.04.03.05


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 25/10/2012

Date of the Opinion

  • 05/09/2013

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

13/02/2014


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 32 from 02.02.2013, p.3

Judgment: OJ C 93 from 29.03.2014, p.12

Name of the parties

H. Gautzsch Großhandel

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Hackbarth, Ralf: EuGH: Nicht eingetragenes Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster: Anwendung nationalen Rechts (Verjährung, Verwirkung und Folgeansprüche bei Multi-State-Verletzungen), Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2014 p.74-75 (DE)
  2. Hartwig, Henning: Schutzvoraussetzungen des nicht eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters - Gautzsch Großhandel/MBM Joseph Duna [Gartenpavillon], Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2014 p.372-373 (DE)
  3. Idot, Laurence: Dessins et modèles, Europe 2014 Avril Com. nº 4 p.41-42 (FR)
  4. Zemann, Adolf: nGGM: Offenbarung, Beweislast und anwendbares Recht, Ecolex 2014 p.549-550 (DE)
  5. Plasser, David: Neues zum nicht eingetragenen Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2014 p.182-184 (DE)
  6. Kur, Annette: Durchsetzung gemeinschaftsweiter Schutzrechte: Internationale Zuständigkeit und anwendbares Recht - Zugleich Anmerkung zu den Entscheidungen EuGH, Rs. C-360/12 – Coty und EuGH, Rs. C-479/12 – Gautzsch , Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2014 p.749-760 (DE)
  7. Beyerlein, Thorsten: Das nicht eingetragene Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster: Neu, zugänglich gemacht, verjährt oder verwirkt?, Markenrecht 2014 p.295-299 (DE)
  8. Gielen, Ch.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2014 nº 47 p.5755-5758 (NL)
  9. Hackbarth, Ralf: Unregistered Community designs, limitations, forfeiture and sanctions in the context of multistate infringements, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2014 p.778-780 (EN)
  10. Mouncif-Moungache, Mouna: De nouvelles précisions sur le dessin ou modèle communautaire non enregistré, Revue des affaires européennes 2014 p.223-231 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Geschmacksmustergesetz (GeschmMG), Paragraph 43

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jarašiūnas

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French