Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 17 September 2009 – Canon Kabushiki Kaisha v IPN Bulgaria**

**(Case C‑181/09)**

Preliminary rulings – Inadmissibility

Preliminary rulings – Admissibility – Need to provide the Court with sufficient information on the factual and legislative context (Art. 234 EC; Statute of the
Court of Justice, Art. 20) (see paras 8-11)

**Re:**

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|  | Reference for a preliminary ruling – Sofiyski gradski sad (Bulgaria) – Interpretation of Article 5(3)(b) and (c), First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1) – Concepts of import and export of goods bearing a trade mark – Original goods or counterfeit goods? |

**Operative part:**

The reference for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski gradski sad made by decision 13 April 2009 is manifestly inadmissible.

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