Order of the Court (Third Chamber), 14 November 2013

MF 7 a.s. v MAFRA a.s.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví

Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ — Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature — Independence — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court

Case C‑49/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Order (OJ)
21/03/2014 MF 7
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2013:767
14/11/2013 MF 7
Order (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:767
14/11/2013 MF 7
Application (OJ)
26/04/2013 MF 7
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

#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví – Interpretation of Article 3(2)(d) of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25) – Criteria for the assessment of bad faith – Influence of circumstances which occurred after the application for registration was filed on the assessment of the good faith of the applicant – Consent by the owner of the trade mark to conduct which might limit its exclusive rights – Contracts concluded between the owner of the earlier mark and the applicant for the later mark not governing intellectual property rights – Tolerance of the challenged trade mark by the owner of an earlier trade mark for a prolonged period.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.01 Reference to the Court of Justice
      3.04.01.01 Definition of court or tribunal of a Member State


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 29/01/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

14/11/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Order: OJ C 102 from 07.04.2014, p.8

Application: OJ C 141 from 18.05.2013, p.10

Name of the parties

MF 7

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (Office de la propriété industrielle) - Czech Republic

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

Zákon č. 174/1988 Sb., o ochranných známkach, § 3 odst. 1, písm. g Zákon č. 441/2003 Sb., o ochranných známkach, § 4 písm. m; 6; 32 odst. 1; 52 ods.1

Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling : dismissal on grounds of inadmissibility

Formation of the Court

troisième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

  • Czech

Language(s) of the Opinion

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