CELEX: 62007CN0495
Language: en
Date: 2007-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case C-495/07: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Patent- und Markensenat (Austria) lodged on 14 November 2007 — Silberquelle GmbH v Maselli-Strickmode GmbH

26.1.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 22/26
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Patent- und Markensenat (Austria) lodged on 14 November 2007 — Silberquelle GmbH v Maselli-Strickmode GmbH
   (Case C-495/07)
   (2008/C 22/51)
   Language of the case: German
   Referring court
   Oberster Patent- und Markensenat
   Parties to the main proceedings
   
      Applicant: Silberquelle GmbH
   
      Defendant: Maselli-Strickmode GmbH
   Question referred
   Are Articles 10(1) and 12(1) of the First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (Trade Mark Directive) (1) to be interpreted as meaning that a trade mark is being put to genuine use if it is used for goods (here: alcohol-free drinks) which the proprietor of the trade mark gives, free of charge, to purchasers of his other goods (here: textiles) after conclusion of the purchase contract?
   
      (1)  OJ 1989 L 40, p. l.