CELEX: 62010CA0488
Language: en
Date: 2012-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Case C-488/10: Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante — Spain) — Celaya Emparanza y Galdos Internacional SA v Proyectos Integrales de Balizamientos SL (Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 — Article 19(1) — Community designs — Infringement or threatened infringement — Definition of ‘third parties’ )

31.3.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 98/8
            
         Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 16 February 2012 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante — Spain) — Celaya Emparanza y Galdos Internacional SA v Proyectos Integrales de Balizamientos SL
   (Case C-488/10) (1)
   
   (Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 - Article 19(1) - Community designs - Infringement or threatened infringement - Definition of ‘third parties’)
   2012/C 98/09
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Celaya Emparanza y Galdos Internacional SA
   
      Defendant: Proyectos Integrales de Balizamiento SL
   
      Re:
   
   Reference for a preliminary ruling — Juzgado de lo Mercantil No 1 de Alicante — Interpretation of Article 19(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs (OJ 2002 L 3, p. 1) — Infringement or threatened infringement — Concept of third parties
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Article 19(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs must be interpreted as meaning that, in a dispute relating to infringement of the exclusive right conferred by a registered Community design, the right to prevent use by third parties of the design extends to any third party who uses a design that does not produce on informed users a different overall impression, including the third party holder of a later registered Community design.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               The answer to the first question is unconnected with the intention or conduct of the third party.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 346, 18.12.2010.