CELEX: C2005/243/10
Language: en
Date: 2005-10-01 00:00:00
Title: Case C-281/05: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof by order of that court of 2 June 2005 in Montex Holdings Ltd. v Diesel S.p.A.

1.10.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 243/7
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Bundesgerichtshof by order of that court of 2 June 2005 in Montex Holdings Ltd. v Diesel S.p.A.
   (Case C-281/05)
   (2005/C 243/10)
   Language of the case: German
   Reference has been made to the Court of Justice of the European Communities by order of the Bundesgerichtshof (Germany) of 2 June 2005, received at the Court Registry on 13 July 2005, for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings between Montex Holdings Ltd. and Diesel S.p.A. on the following questions concerning the interpretation of Article 5(1) and (3) of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (1) and concerning Articles 28 to 30 EC:
   
               (a)
            
            
               Does a registered trade mark grant its proprietor the right to prohibit the transit of goods with the sign?
            
         
               (b)
            
            
               If the answer is in the affirmative: may a particular assessment be based on the fact that the sign enjoys no protection in the country of destination?
            
         
               (c)
            
            
               If the answer to (a) is in the affirmative and irrespective of the answer to (b), is a distinction to be drawn according to whether the article whose destination is a Member State comes from a Member State, an associated State or a third country? Is it relevant in this regard whether the article has been produced in the country of origin lawfully or in infringement of a right to a sign existing there held by the trade-mark proprietor?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1.