Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 18 May 2017

Hummel Holding A/S v Nike Inc. and Nike Retail B.V.

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Intellectual property — Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — EU trade mark — Article 97(1) — International jurisdiction — Action for infringement brought against an undertaking with its seat in a third country — Second-tier subsidiary with its seat in the Member State of the court seised — Definition of ‘establishment’

Case C-617/15


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
07/07/2017 Hummel Holding
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
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Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:390		 18/05/2017 Hummel Holding
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:390		 18/05/2017 Hummel Holding
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
15/01/2016 Hummel Holding
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:13		 12/01/2017 Hummel Holding
Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
- Trade marks
  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters
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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1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
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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
  4.11 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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 23/11/2015

Date of the Opinion

  • 12/01/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

18/05/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 239 from 24.07.2017, p.6

Application: OJ C 38 from 01.02.2016, p.37

Name of the parties

Hummel Holding

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Lehmann, Philipp: Is a legally distinct subsidiary an “establishment” under Article 97(1) of the Community Trade Mark Regulation?, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2016 p.386-387 (EN)
  2. Stone, David: CJEU embraces forum shopping in Hummel v Nike, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2017 p.642–649 (EN)
  3. Idot, Laurence: Compétence internationale et établissement, Europe 2017 Juillet Comm. nº 288 p.48 (FR)
  4. Stone, David: CJEU embraces forum shopping in Hummel v. Nike, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht INT 2017 p.915-920 (DE)
  5. Treppoz, Édouard: La notion d'établissement au sein du réglement (CE) n° 207/2009, Dalloz IP / IT 2017 nº 9 p.471-474 (FR)
  6. Tilmann, Winfried: Weite Auslegung des Niederlassungsbegriffs im Sinne des Art.97 Abs. 1 GMV, IWRZ – Zeitschrift für internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 2017 p.176 (DE)
  7. Zolynski, Célia: XVI. Propriété intellectuelle - Cour de justice, 18 mai 2017, Hummel Holding A/S c/ Nike Inc. Et Nike Retail BV, aff. C‑617/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:390, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2017. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2018, p. 730-732 (FR)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf - Germany

Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - Judicial cooperation in civil matters

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

Tanchev

Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English