Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 27 September 2017

Nintendo Co. Ltd v BigBen Interactive GmbH and BigBen Interactive SA

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

References for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 20(1)(c), Article 79(1) and Articles 82, 83, 88 and 89 — Action for infringement — Limitation of the rights conferred by the Community design — Concept of ‘citations’ — Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 — Article 6(1) — Jurisdiction in respect of the co-defendant domiciled outside the Member State of the forum — Territorial scope of the jurisdiction of the Community design courts — Regulation (EC) No 864/2007 — Article 8(2) — Law applicable to claims seeking the adoption of orders relating to sanctions and other measures

Joined Cases C-24/16 and C-25/16


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
10/11/2017 Nintendo
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:724		 27/09/2017 Nintendo
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:724		 27/09/2017 Nintendo
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
08/04/2016 Nintendo
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:146		 01/03/2017 Nintendo
area of freedom, security and justice
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

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Systematic classification scheme

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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.05 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
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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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.05 Dispute before the national court
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.05 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
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.02 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.04.02.03 Effects of the design
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.03 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.04.03.05 Dispute before the national court
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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.04 Community designs
      4.11.04.02 Other questions of substantive law
        4.11.04.02.03 Effects of the design
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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
      4.06.02.05 Conflicts of laws
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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
      4.06.02.05 Conflicts of laws


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

Information not available

Date of the Opinion

  • 01/03/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/09/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 402 from 27.11.2017, p.3

Application: OJ C 145 from 25.04.2016, p.15

Name of the parties

Nintendo

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Kur, Annette: Unionsweite Zuständigkeit in Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmustersachen, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht 2017 p.1127-1128 (DE)
  2. Berlin, Dominique: La protection européenne de Super Mario, La Semaine Juridique - édition générale 2017 nº 42 p.1897 (FR)
  3. Kubis, Sebastian: Die Verletzung unionsweiter Schutzrechte in grenzüberschreitenden "Lieferketten", Zeitschrift für geistiges Eigentum 2017 p.471-490 (DE)
  4. Berthold, Nicolas: Arrêt Nintendo : nouvelle illustration du désamour de la Cour de justice pour le droit des dessins et modèles, Revue de droit intellectuel : l'ingénieur-conseil 2017 p.792-807 (FR)
  5. Nourissat, Cyril: Compétence internationale d'un tribunal des dessins ou modèles communautaires saisi d'une action en contrefaçon, Procédures 2017 nº 11 p. 18 (FR)
  6. Idot, Laurence: Contrefaçon de dessins ou modèles, Europe 2017 novembre nº 11 p.54-55 (FR)
  7. Thiele, Clemens: EuGH: Big Ben’s Glockenschlag oder die designrechtlichen Grenzen für Nintendos Wii®, Österreichisches Recht der Wirtschaft 2018 n° 04 p.2014-2018 (DE)
  8. Andreoletti, Michela Anna: L'utilizzo del disegno e modello ai fini di citazione, Rivista di diritto industriale 2018 n° 2 p. 195-203 (IT)
  9. Krome, Stefanie ; Lüdecke, Hannah S.: Tendenz zur Einheitlichkeit im Deliktsrecht - oder wie das Mosaik zusammengesetzt wird, Zeitschrift für das Privatrecht der Europäischen Union - GPR 2018 N°4 p.192-196 (DE)
  10. Baksay-Nagy, György: Nintendo v. BigBen – dizájn és joghatóság egy ügyben, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2018 1. szám p.72-82 (HU)
  11. Laazouzi, Malik: XXI. Compétence des juridictions et lois applicables - Cour de justice, 2e ch., 27 septembre 2017, Nintendo Co. Ltd, aff. jtes C-24/16 et C-25/16, ECLI:EU:C:2017:724, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 974-980 (FR)
  12. Cornwell, Jane: Nintendo v BigBen and Acacia v Audi; Acacia v Porsche: design exceptions at the CJEU, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2019 p.51-61 (EN)
  13. Schulte, Julia: Gemeinsam verzockt: Zuständigkeit und Anknüpfung bei Verletzung eines Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmusters durch mehrere Schädiger (zu EuGH, 27.9.2017 — Rs. C-24, 25/26 — Nintendo, unten S. 233., Nr.18), Praxis des internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts 2019 p.202-208 (DE)
  14. Derclaye, Estelle: Right and wrong analogies: the CJEU's use of trade mark concepts in copyright and design law, European Intellectual Property Review 2020, Vol. 42, n° 2, p. 78-83 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
  • Law governing the institutions
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Designs

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

Deuxième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ilešič

Advocate General

Bot

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French