Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 July 2016

Tommy Hilfiger Licensing LLC and Others v DELTA CENTER a.s.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Nejvyšší soud České republiky

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Approximation of laws — Directive 2004/48/EC — Enforcement of intellectual property rights — Notion of ‘intermediary whose services are being used by a third party to infringe an intellectual property right’ — Tenant of market halls subletting sales points — Possibility of an injunction against that tenant — Article 11

Case C-494/15


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex
Judgment (OJ)
26/08/2016 Tommy Hilfiger Licensing and Others
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2016:528		 07/07/2016 Tommy Hilfiger Licensing and Others
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
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Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2016:528		 07/07/2016 Tommy Hilfiger Licensing and Others
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Application (OJ)
27/11/2015 Tommy Hilfiger Licensing and Others
Approximation of laws
  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
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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
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.10 Enforcement of intellectual property rights


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

  • Directive 2001/29 -A08P3 : paragraphs 8, 22
  • Directive 2004/48 -A02P1 : paragraph 4
  • Directive 2004/48 -A03 : paragraphs 5, 36
  • Directive 2004/48 -A03P2 : paragraph 33
  • Directive 2004/48 -A10 : paragraphs 33, 6, 29
  • Directive 2004/48 -A11 : paragraphs 1, 6, 7, 20 - 22, 28 - 32, 35 - 37
  • Directive 2004/48 -A12 : paragraph 6
  • Directive 2004/48 -C23 : paragraph 3
  • Court of Justice - Order C -557/07 -N43 : paragraph 25
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 : paragraphs 19, 20, 31, 36, 37
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N127 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N128 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N129 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N130 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N131 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N132 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N133 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N134 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N136 : paragraph 33
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N138 : paragraph 34
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N139 : paragraph 34
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N140 : paragraph 34
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N141 : paragraph 34
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 -N143 : paragraph 35
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N30 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N31 : paragraph 22
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/12 -N32 : paragraphs 23, 25
  • Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/12 -N35 : paragraph 23

Operative part

  • Interprets : Directive 2004/48 -A11
  • Interprets : Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09

Opinion

Information not available


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 21/09/2015

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

07/07/2016


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 335 from 12.09.2016, p.26

Application: OJ C 414 from 14.12.2015, p.17

Name of the parties

Tommy Hilfiger Licensing and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Cornu, Emmanuel: Arrêt "Tommy Hilfiger": injonctions visant à faire cesser des atteintes à des droits de propriété intellectuelle (marchés physique ou en ligne), Journal de droit européen 2016 nº 231 p.264-266 (FR)
  2. Costes, Lionel: Propriété intellectuelle : la responsabilité des intermédiaires précisée par la CJUE, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2016 nº 129 p.17-18 (FR)
  3. Verschuur, A.M.E.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2016 p.450-451 (NL)
  4. Hecht, Markus ; Clark, Birgit: Landlord Liability for IP Infringements: CJEU Holds that Operators of Physical Marketplace are Intermediaries under the Enforcement Directive in Tommy Hilfiger (C-494/15), European Intellectual Property Review 2016 p.703-707 (EN)
  5. Cazet, Safia: Précision sur la notion d'intermédiaire et de « place de marché physique », Europe 2016 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.26-27 (FR)
  6. Skubic, Zoran: Odgovornost upravljavca (fizične) tržnice v primeru prodaje ponaredkov znanih blagovnih znamk po pravu Unije, Pravna praksa 2016 nº 31-32 p.38-39 (SL)
  7. Woller, Michael: Unterlassungsverfügungen gegen Vermieter von Marktflächen, Ecolex 2016 p.808 (DE)
  8. Ritlewski, Kristoff: EuGH: L’Oréal-Voraussetzungen auf physische Marktplätze anwendbar, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2016 p.354 (DE)
  9. Hofmann, Franz: Anordnungen gegen Mieter eines physischen Marktplatzes bei Fälschungsverkäufen - Tommy Hilfiger ua/Delta Center, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2016 p.1064-1065 (DE)
  10. Zemann, Adolf: Zur Verantwortung des Vermieters beim Verkauf von Markenfälschungen auf gemieteten Marktflächen, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2016 p.265-266 (DE)
  11. Van Nispen, Constant: Het verbod tegen een tussenpersoon in de fysieke wereld, Berichten industriële eigendom 2016 p.318-321 (NL)
  12. Van Nispen, Constant: Het verbod tegen een tussenpersoon in de fysieke wereld, Berichten industriële eigendom 2017 p.318-321 (NL)
  13. Ferge, Zsigmond: A szerzői jog által védett zenei mű nyilvános wifihálózaton keresztül történő letöltésre való rendelkezésre bocsátásával kapcsolatos felelősség kérdéseinek tisztázása, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2017 2. szám p.75-107 (HU)
  14. Simoni, Marta: AIDA - Annali italiani del diritto d'autore, della cultura e dello spettacolo (Ed. Giuffrè-Milano) 2017 p.671-676 (IT)
  15. Zolynski, Célia: Cour de justice, 2e ch., 7 juillet 2016, Tommy Hilfiger Licensing LLC, Urban Trends Trading BV, Rado Uhren AG, Facton Kft., Lacoste SA, Burberry Ltd c/ Delta Center a.s., aff. C-494/15, ECLI:EU:C:2016:528, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2016, Bruylant, Bruxelles. Décisions et commentaires 2017, p. 643-650 (FR)
  16. Berendschot, Huib ; Janssens, Karel: On the notion of ‘intermediary whose services are being used by a third party to infringe an intellectual property right’ and the possibility of an injunction against the tenant of a physical marketplace, Landmark IP Decisions of the European Court of Justice (2014-2018) (Larcier) 2019 p. 139-144 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Nejvyšší soud - Czech Republic

Subject-matter

  • Approximation of laws
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

Provisions of national law referred to

Zákon č. 221/2006 Sb., o vymáhání práv z průmyslového vlastnictví a o změně zákonů na ochranu průmyslového vlastnictví, § 1, § 4

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Wathelet

Language(s) of the Case

  • Czech

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available