CELEX: 62016CN0395
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-395/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 15 July 2016 — DOCERAM GmbH v CeramTec GmbH

14.11.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 419/26
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf (Germany) lodged on 15 July 2016 — DOCERAM GmbH v CeramTec GmbH
   (Case C-395/16)
   (2016/C 419/35)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: DOCERAM GmbH
   
      Defendant: CeramTec GmbH
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Does a technical function that precludes protection within the meaning of Article 8(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (1) also exist if the design effect is of no significance for the product design, but the (technical) functionality is the sole factor that dictates the design?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               If the Court answers Question 1 in the affirmative:
               From which point of view is it to be assessed whether the individual design features of a product have been chosen solely on the basis of considerations of functionality? Is an ‘objective observer’ required and, if so, how is such an observer to be defined?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 2002 L 3, p. 1.