CELEX: 62015CN0230
Language: en
Date: 2015-05-20 00:00:00
Title: Case C-230/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag (Netherlands) lodged on 20 May 2015 — Brite Strike Technologies Inc. v Brite Strike Technologies SA

3.8.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 254/8
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag (Netherlands) lodged on 20 May 2015 — Brite Strike Technologies Inc. v Brite Strike Technologies SA
   (Case C-230/15)
   (2015/C 254/11)
   Language of the case: Dutch
   
      Referring court
   
   Rechtbank Den Haag
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Brite Strike Technologies Inc.
   
      Defendant: Brite Strike Technologies SA
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1)
            
            
               Must the Benelux Convention on Intellectual Property (Trademarks and Designs) (BCIP) (whether or not on the grounds set out in paragraphs 28 to 34 of the judgment of the Gerechtshof Den Haag (Regional Court of Appeal, The Hague) of 26 November 2013) be considered to be a subsequent convention, with the result that Article 4.6 of the BCIP cannot be considered to be a special rule for the purposes of Article 71 of Regulation No 44/2001 (1)?
               If that question is answered in the affirmative:
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Does it follow from Article 22(4) of Regulation No 44/2001 that the Belgian, Netherlands and Luxembourg courts all have international jurisdiction to take cognisance of the dispute?
            
         
               3)
            
            
               If not, how should it be determined, in a case such as the present, whether the Belgian, Netherlands or Luxembourg courts have international jurisdiction? Can Article 4.6 of the BCIP (nonetheless) be applied with a view to (further) determining international jurisdiction?
            
         
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ 2001 L 12, p. 1).