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Subject-matter

Request for a preliminary ruling – Bundesgerichtshof – Interpretation of Article 8(3)(e) of Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual-property rights (OJ 2004 L 157, p. 45), as amended – Sale of counterfeit goods – Right to information in the context of an action relating to a breach of an intellectual-property right – Legislation of a Member State allowing banks to refuse to accede to a request for information concerning a bank account (banking secrecy)

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 8 : paragraph 30
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : paragraph 29
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : paragraph 29
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1 : paragraph 35
• Directive 95/46 : paragraph 32
• Directive 95/46 -A02 : paragraph 6
• Directive 95/46 -A02LA : paragraph 26
• Directive 95/46 -A02LB : paragraph 26
• Directive 2004/48 : paragraphs 18, 32, 39
• Directive 2004/48 -A02P3LA : paragraphs 4, 32
• Directive 2004/48 -A08 : paragraphs 5, 40, 41
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1 : paragraphs 19, 25, 30, 39, 40, 42
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LA : paragraph 36
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LB : paragraph 36
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LC : paragraphs 17, 23, 26, 28, 36, 43
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LD : paragraph 36
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P3LE : paragraphs 1, 17, 22, 25, 27, 28, 43
• Directive 2004/48 -C2 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2004/48 -C10 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2004/48 -C13 : paragraphs 3, 20
• Directive 2004/48 -C15 : paragraph 3
• Directive 2004/48 -C17 : paragraphs 3, 24
• Directive 2004/48 -C32 : paragraphs 3, 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 -N65 : paragraph 33
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 -N70 : paragraph 34
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N48 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 -N49 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -360/10 -N46 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -360/10 -N47 : paragraph 35
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -580/13 -N20 : paragraph 19
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -580/13 -N31 : paragraph 29

Operative part

• Interprets : Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LC
• Interprets : Directive 2004/48 -A08P3LE

Opinion

• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 8 : point 31
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 17 -P2 : point 32
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 47 : points 32, 40
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1 : points 32 - 40, 42, 45, 46
  
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 52 -P1L2 : point 41
  
• Directive 95/46 -A02LA : point 31
  
• Directive 95/46 -A02LB : point 31
  
• Directive 2004/48 : points 22, 32
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A01L2 : point 1
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A02P3 : point 4
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A02P3LA : points 25, 31
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A03 : points 5, 40
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A08 : points 6, 21, 24, 25
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1 : points 18 - 21, 28, 36
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P1LC : points 12, 26, 45, 46
  
• Directive 2004/48 -A08P3LE : points 12, 26 - 31, 46
  
• Directive 2004/48 -C10 : point 3
  
• Directive 2004/48 -C15 : point 4
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -465/00 : point 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -13/01 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -147/01 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -201/02 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -402/05 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -432/05 : points 32, 40
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -275/06 : points 37, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -275/06 : points 1, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Order C -557/07 : points 1, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -221/09 : point 32
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -324/09 : point 44
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -327/10 : point 40
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -411/10 : points 40, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -70/10 : points 1, 38
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -461/10 : points 1, 44
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -314/12 : point 1
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 18/11/2013

Date of the Opinion

• 16/04/2015

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

16/07/2015

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 302 from 14.09.2015, p.4

Application: OJ C 31 from 01.02.2014, p.4

Name of the parties

Coty Germany

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Wieczorek, Andreas: Auf das Bankgeheimnis gestütztes Auskunftsverweigerungsrecht bei markenrechtlichem Auskunftsanspruch nach dem EuGH, Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis 2015 p.1202-1206 (DE)
2. Kamlah, Dietrich: Kein uneingeschränkter Vorrang des Bankgeheimnisses vor Schutz des geistigen Eigentums - Coty Germany/Stadtsparkasse [Davidoff Hot Water], Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2015 p.896-897 (DE)
3. Ahrens, Hans-Jürgen: Das zur Zeugnisverweigerung berechtigende Bankgeheimnis contra effektive Justizgewährung im Unionsrecht - Ein zweifelhaftes Judikat des EuGH zum markenrechtlichen Auskunftsanspruch, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2015 p.1083-1085 (DE)
4. Hieger, Barbara: EuGH: Auskunftsanspruch nach der DurchsetzungsRL und die Grenzen des Bankgeheimnisses, Ecolex 2015 p.985 (DE)
5. Callegari, Mia: La Corte di Giustizia e il segreto bancario, Giurisprudenza italiana 2015 p.2646-2649 (IT)
6. Idot, Laurence: Conflit entre droit à l'information et secret bancaire, Europe 2015 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.41-42 (FR)
7. Zolynski, Célia: Cour de justice, 16 juillet 2015, Coty Germany GmbH, aff. C-580/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:485, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.639-641 (FR)
8. Bonneau, Thierry: Cour de justice, 4e ch., 16 juillet 2015, Coty Germany GMBh c/ Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg, aff. C-580/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:485, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015 (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2015 p.704-706 (FR)
9. Vathrakokilis, Antonis: I ischys tou trapezikou aporritou enandi tis axiosis gia tin prostasia dikaiomatos dianoitikis idioktisias, Elliniki Dikaiosyni 2015 p.1781-1784 (EL)
10. De Smedt, Stéphanie: Data Protection May Have to Yield in IP Infringement Cases, European Data Protection Law Review 2015 Vol.4 p.316 - 320 (EN)
11. Idot, Laurence: Conflit entre droit à l'information et secret bancaire, Europe 2015 Octobre Comm. nº 10 p.41-42 (FR)
12. Bonneau, Thierry: Le secret bancaire à l'aune de l'arrêt Coty Germany, Revue des affaires européennes 2015 p.583-588 (FR)
13. Gloy, Wolfgang: Kein Auskunftsverweigerungsrecht der Banken über Kontostammdaten bei Markenfälschungen ("Coty Germany"), Entscheidungen zum Wirtschaftsrecht 2015 p.685-686 (DE)
14. Czychowski, Christian: Kein Vorrang des Bankgeheimnisses vor Schutz des geistigen Eigentums – „Heißes Wasser“ für Verletzer, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2015 Heft 19 p.745-747 (DE)
15. Busseuil, Guillaume: Le secret bancaire à l'épreuve du droit d'information en matière de propriété intellectuelle, Droit de l'immatériel : informatique, médias, communication 2015 nº 118 p.11-16 (FR)
16. Kamlah, Dietrich: Banking secrecy does not have unlimited priority over the protection of intellectual property, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2016 p.00 (EN)
17. Verkade, D.W.F.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2016 Afl.38 p.4949-4951 (NL)
18. Wiese, Katarzyna: Roszczenie informacyjne a tajemnica bankowa – konflikt prawa własności intelektualnej z prawem do prywatności, Monitor Prawniczy 2016 Vol. 21 p.1167-1171 (PL)
19. Wellens, Vincent ; Schellekens, Carmen: La C.J.U.E. précise le juste équilibre entre le droit à l'information en cas d'action relative à un e atteinte à un droit de propriété intellectuelle et le secret bancaire, Revue Luxembourgeoise de Bancassurfinance 2016 nº 1 p.13-16 (FR)
20. Daum, Felix: Zum Auskunftsanspruch bei Verletzungen geistigen Eigentums, Medien und Recht 2016 p.188-190 (DE)
21. Zolynski, Célia: XVI. Propriété intellectuelle - Cour de justice, 16 juillet 2015, Coty Germany GmbH, aff. C-580/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:485, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 639-641 (FR)
22. Bonneau, Thierry: XVIII. Banque et finances - Cour de justice, 4e ch., 16 juillet 2015, Coty Germany GMBh c/ Stadtsparkasse Magdeburg, aff. C-580/13, ECLI:EU:C:2015:485, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2015. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2016, p. 704-706 (FR)
23. Berendschot, Huib ; Janssens, Karel: On the right to information in the context of proceedings for infringement of an intellectual property right (action against the sale of counterfeit goods) versus legislation of a member state which allows banking institutions to refuse a request for information relating to a bank account (banking secrecy), Landmark IP Decisions of the European Court of Justice (2014-2018) (Larcier) 2019 p. 85-90 (EN)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Bundesgerichtshof - Germany

Subject-matter

• Approximation of laws
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Zivilprozessordnung (ZPO), Paragraph 383 I No. 6

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Reference for a preliminary ruling
  

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Malenovský

Advocate General

Cruz Villalón

Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Spanish