CELEX: 62013CB0049
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-49/13: Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 November 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví — Czech Republic) — MF 7 a.s. v MAFRA a.s. (Article 267 TFEU — Concept of ‘court or tribunal’  — Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature — Independence — Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court)

7.4.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 102/8
            
         Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 14 November 2013 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví — Czech Republic) — MF 7 a.s. v MAFRA a.s.
   (Case C-49/13) (1)
   
   ((Article 267 TFEU - Concept of ‘court or tribunal’ - Proceedings intended to lead to a decision of a judicial nature - Independence - Clear lack of jurisdiction of the Court))
   2014/C 102/10
   Language of the case: Czech
   
      Referring court
   
   Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: MF 7 a.s.
   
   
      Defendant: MAFRA a.s.
   
   
      Re:
   
   Request for a preliminary ruling — Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví — Interpretation of Article 3(2)(d) of Directive 2008/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 2008 L 299, p. 25) — Criteria for the assessment of bad faith — Influence of circumstances which occurred after the application for registration was filed on the assessment of the good faith of the applicant — Consent by the proprietor of the trade mark to conduct which might limit its exclusive rights — Contracts concluded between the proprietor of the earlier trade mark and the applicant for the later trade mark not governing intellectual property rights — Tolerance of the contested trade mark by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark for a prolonged period.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   The Court of Justice of the European Union clearly has no jurisdiction to answer the questions referred by the Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (Czech Republic) in its decision of 22 January 2013.
   
      (1)  OJ C 141, 18.5.2013.