Reports of Cases

1974 01147

Greek 1974/00451 Portuguese 1974/00475 Spanish 1974/00451 Swedish II/00367 Finnish II/00373

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 30 : pages 1162, 1166
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 36 : pages 1162, 1165
• Treaty of Accession 1972 - Act, Article 42 : page 1166
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 : page 1167

Operative part

• Interprets : EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 36
• Interprets : EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 -P1
• Interprets : Treaty of Accession 1972 - Act, Article 42

Opinion

• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 32 -L2 : page 1170
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 31 : page 1170
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 33 -P7 : page 1170
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 30 : page 1170
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 8 -P7 : page 1170
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -2/74 : page 1170
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -9/70 : page 1171
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -20/70 : page 1171
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -8/74 : page 1171
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -40/70 : page 1171
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -192/73 : page 1171
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 3 -LA : page 1173
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 3 -LF : page 1173
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 36 : page 1173
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -48/74 : page 1175
  
• Treaty of Accession 1972 - Act, Article 42 : page 1178
  
• EEC Treaty (Rome), Article 85 : page 1179
  
• Decision 69/195 : page 1180
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -21/71 : page 1180
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -48/69 : page 1180
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -52/69 : page 1180
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -3/73 : page 1180
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 01/03/1974

Date of the Opinion

• 18/09/1974

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

31/10/1974

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 41 from 09.04.1974, p.9

Judgment: OJ C 158 from 17.12.1974, p.13

Name of the parties

Centrafarm BV and Others v Sterling Drug

Notes on Academic Writings

1. De Montblanc, Laure: Revue de jurisprudence commerciale 1975 p.195-206 (FR)
2. Burst, J.-J. ; Kovar, Robert: Sur une jurisprudence récente de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes en matière de propriété industrielle, La Semaine juridique - édition entreprise 1975 II 11728 (FR)
3. Cohen Jehoram, H.: De Europese arresten Centrafarm-octrooi en Café Hag en intellectuele eigendom, S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1975 p.349-360 (NL)
4. Von Gamm, Otto-Friedrich: Die Auswirkungen der Rechtsprechung des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Gemeinschaften auf das Warenzeichenrecht, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht / Auslands- und Internationaler Teil 1975 p.185-190 (DE)
5. Jacobs, F.G.: Industrial Property and the EEC Treaty. A Reply, International and Comparative Law Quarterly 1975 p.643-658 (EN)
6. Maday, D.C.: The Hag and the Negram Decisions of the European Court of Justice, Trademark Reporter 1975 Vol.65 I p.34-42 (EN)
7. Cawthra, B.I.: Parallel Patents in the European Community, New Law Journal 1975 p.157-158 + p.257-259 + p.357-358 (EN)
8. Cohen Jehoram, H.: Ars aequi 1975 p.358-363 (NL)
9. Baardman, B.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 1975 p.207-210 (NL)
10. Korah, Valentine: National Patents and the Free Movement of Goods within the Common Market, The Modern Law Review 1975 p.333-339 (EN)
11. Goltz, Hanno: Territorialität des Patentschutzes und Gemeinsamer Markt, Wirtschaft und Wettbewerb 1975 p.751-759 (DE)
12. Wegner, Harold C. ; Muller, Frithjof E.: Negram: The Common Market-Wide Exhaustion of Patent Rights through Territorial Licences, Journal of Patent Office Society 1975 nº 1 p.46-60 (EN)
13. Krsjak, Peter: Problèmes de brevets et de marques eu égard aux règles communautaires de la concurrence, Gazette du Palais 1975 III Doct. p.322-324 (FR)
14. Rocolfi, Marco: Brevetti e marchi "paralleli" nella recente giurisprudenza comunitaria, Rivista di diritto industriale 1975 II p.354-400 (IT)
15. Laddie, Hugh: Centrafarm and the Problem of Compulsory Licences, European Law Review 1975 p.73-75 (EN)
16. Joliet, René: Patented Articles and the Free Movement of Goods within the EEC, Current Legal Problems 1975 p.15-38 (EN)
17. Van Nieuwenhoven Helbach, E.A.: Industrial Property, the Centrafarm Judgments, Common Market Law Review 1975, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 37-59 (EN)
18. Kovar, Robert: Journal du droit international 1976 p.208-217 (FR)
19. Cavani, Giovanni: Licenziatari esclusivi "indipendenti" ed esaurimento comunitario del brevetto. Il caso "Centrafarm", Rivista del diritto commerciale 1976 I p.103-116 (IT)
20. Hérin, Jean-Louis: Brevet et concurrence au regard de la jurisprudence de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes. L'apport de l'arrêt du 31 octobre 1975 (aff. 15/74), Revue trimestrielle de droit commercial 1977 p.383-420 (FR)
21. Cohen Jehoram, H.: Annotaties Hof van Justitie EG (Ed. W.E.J. Tjeenk Willink - Zwolle) 1995 p.162-173 (NL)
22. Ungureanu, Diana: Noțiunea de întreprindere în dreptul concurenței, Revista română de drept al afacerilor 2013 nº 5 p.113-125 (RO)

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands

Subject-matter

• Competition
  
• - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices
  
• Free movement of goods
  
• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Patents
  
• Accession
  

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

Information not available

Judge-Rapporteur

Sørensen

Advocate General

Trabucchi

Language(s) of the Case

• Dutch
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• Italian