CELEX: 62016CN0139
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-139/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Burgos (Spain) lodged on 7 March 2016 — Juan Moreno Marín, María Almudena Benavente Cárdaba and Rodrigo Moreno Benavente v Abadía Retuerta, S.A.

6.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 200/6
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Audiencia Provincial de Burgos (Spain) lodged on 7 March 2016 — Juan Moreno Marín, María Almudena Benavente Cárdaba and Rodrigo Moreno Benavente v Abadía Retuerta, S.A.
   (Case C-139/16)
   (2016/C 200/09)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Referring court
   
   Audiencia Provincial de Burgos
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Juan Moreno Marín, Maria Almudena Benavente Cárdaba and Rodrigo Moreno Benavente
   
      Other party: Abadía Retuerta, S.A.
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               May the prohibitions in Article 3(1)(c) of Directive 2008/95 (1) include the use of a sign referring to the characteristic of a product or service which is that it can be found in abundance in a single place with a high degree of value and quality?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               May a sign with these characteristics be regarded as a sign of geographical origin in so far as the product or service will always be concentrated in a specific physical area?
            
         
      (1)  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).