Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.10.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 313/8 |

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Bundespatentgericht (Germany) lodged on 24 July 2013 — Apple, Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

(Case C-421/13)

2013/C 313/15

Language of the case: German

Referring court

Bundespatentgericht

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Apple, Inc.

Defendant: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

Questions referred

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| 1. | Is Article 2 of the Directive[(1)](#ntr1-C_2013313EN.01000802-E0001) to be interpreted as meaning that the possibility of protection for the ‘packaging of goods’ also extends to the layout in which a service is incorporated? |

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| 2. | Are Articles 2 and 3(1) of the Directive to be interpreted as meaning that a sign representing the layout in which the service is incorporated is capable of being registered as a trade mark? |

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| 3. | Is Article 2 of the Directive to be interpreted as meaning that the requirement of graphic representability is satisfied by a drawn representation alone or with such additions as a description of the layout or indications of absolute dimensions in metres or of relative dimensions with indications as to proportions? |

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| 4. | Is Article 2 of the Directive to be interpreted as meaning that the scale of the protection afforded by a trade mark for retail services also extends to the goods produced by the retailer itself? |

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