Zaak C-163/16: Louboutin et Christian Louboutin. Prejudiciële vragen.
Merkenrecht. Verwijzing volgend op IEPT20160309, Rb Den Haag, Louboutin v Van Haren. A request for a preliminary ruling in a case which concerns a reference from the Netherlands regarding a dispute between shoe makers and whether, by imitating the red soles of Louboutin’s shoes, an infringement of a registered trade mark has occurred.
Prejudiciële vraag:
"Is the notion of ‘shape’ within the meaning of Article 3(1)(e)(iii) of Directive 2008/95/EC to approximate the laws of other Member States relating to Trade Marks limited to the three-dimensional properties of the goods, such as their contours, measurements and volume (expressed three-dimensionally), or does it include other (non three-dimensional) properties, such as their colour?"
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Merkenrecht. Verwijzing volgend op IEPT20160309, Rb Den Haag, Louboutin v Van Haren. A request for a preliminary ruling in a case which concerns a reference from the Netherlands regarding a dispute between shoe makers and whether, by imitating the red soles of Louboutin’s shoes, an infringement of a registered trade mark has occurred.
Prejudiciële vraag:
"Is the notion of ‘shape’ within the meaning of Article 3(1)(e)(iii) of Directive 2008/95/EC to approximate the laws of other Member States relating to Trade Marks limited to the three-dimensional properties of the goods, such as their contours, measurements and volume (expressed three-dimensionally), or does it include other (non three-dimensional) properties, such as their colour?"
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