Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 5 September 2019

AMS Neve Ltd and Others v Heritage Audio SL and Pedro Rodríguez Arribas

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Appeal

Reference for a preliminary ruling — EU trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 97(5) — Jurisdiction — Infringement proceedings — Jurisdiction of the courts of the Member State in which ‘the act of infringement has been committed’ — Advertising and offers for sale displayed on a website and on social media platforms

Case C-172/18


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/10/2019 AMS Neve and Others
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2019:674		 05/09/2019 AMS Neve and Others
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2019:674		 05/09/2019 AMS Neve and Others
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
18/05/2018 AMS Neve and Others
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2019:276		 28/03/2019 AMS Neve and Others
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
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

1.
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.05 Dispute before the national court
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.02 Judicial cooperation in civil matters
      4.06.02.01 Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments – Civil and commercial matters


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 05/03/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 28/03/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

05/09/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 383 from 11.11.2019, p.23

Application: OJ C 190 from 04.06.2018, p.8

Name of the parties

AMS Neve and Others

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Hildebrandt, Ulrich ; Noske, Esther: AMS Neve u.a. /Heritage Audio u.a., Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2019 p.1437-1444 (DE)
  2. Kefferpütz, Martin: Durchsetung von Ansprüchen aus einer Unionsmarke am "Erfolgsort", Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht PRAX 2019 p.519-521 (DE)
  3. Hackbarth, Ralf: Kehrtwende beim internationalen Tatortgerichtsstand?: Anmerkungen zur "AMS Neve"-Entscheidung, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2019 p.1269-1273 (DE)
  4. Briske, Robert: EuGH: Internationale Deliktszuständigkeit bei Verletzung einer Unionsmarke durch Onlinexerbung, Multimedia und Recht 2019 p.805-810 (DE)
  5. Hofer, Alexander: Internationale Zuständigkeit im Immaterialgüterrecht, Österreichische Blätter für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2019 p.273-275 (DE)
  6. Gielen, Charles: De rechterlijke bevoegdheid bij online inbreuken op een Uniemerk : note d’observations, Revue de droit intellectuel : l'ingénieur-conseil 2019 p. 690-693 (NL)
  7. Treppoz, Édouard: Droit européen de la propriété intellectuelle - Contrefaçon sur internet et marque de l'Union : la consécration du critère de l'activité en matière de compétence (CJUE 5 sept. 2019, aff. C-172/18, AMS Neve c/ Heritage Audio), Revue trimestrielle de droit européen 2019, n° 4, p. 915-918 (FR)
  8. Torremans, Paul L.C.: Commentaar bij Hof van Justitie 5 september 2019 : noot, Revue de droit commercial belge 2020 p.55 (NL)
  9. Minois, Maud: Interrogations sur l'avenir de la théorie de l'accesibilité dans le domaine de la contrefaçon de marque de l'Union européenne, Dalloz IP / IT 2020 nº 6 p. 376-379 (FR)
  10. Ringnalda, Allard: Locus delicti bevoegdheid bij online inbreuk op unitaire rechten: het criterium van de geografische gerichtheid van een website : noot, Berichten industriële eigendom 2020 p. 198-202 (NL)
  11. Schulte, Julia: Unionsmarke im Aufwind : Stärkung des Gerichtsstands des Art. 125 Abs. 5 UMV bei Internetdelikten : EuGH, 5.9.2019 – Rs. C-172/18 – AMS Neve Ltd. ./. Heritage Audio SL, Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts 2021 p. 72-77 (DE)
  12. Szczepanowska-Kozłowska, Krystyna: More flexibility for EU trade mark owners in choice of jurisdiction : Case C-172/18, ERA-Forum : scripta iuris europaei 2021 p. 119-135 (EN)
  13. Eijsvogels, Frank W.E.: AMS Neve/Heritage Audio : C-172/18 : noot, Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2021 p. 322-324 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Court of Appeal - United Kingdom

Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Szpunar

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French