CELEX: 62010CN0198
Language: en
Date: 2010-04-23 00:00:00
Title: Case C-198/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Milano (Italy) lodged on 23 April 2010 — Cassina SpA v Alivar Srl and Galliani Host Arredamenti Srl

3.7.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 179/20
            
         Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Corte d’appello di Milano (Italy) lodged on 23 April 2010 — Cassina SpA v Alivar Srl and Galliani Host Arredamenti Srl
   (Case C-198/10)
   2010/C 179/34
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Referring court
   
   Corte d’appello di Milano
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Cassina SpA
   
      Defendant: Alivar Srl and Galliani Host Arredamenti Srl
   
      Question referred
   
   
               1.
            
            
               Must Articles 17 and 19 of Directive 98/71/EC (1) be interpreted as meaning that the discretion accorded to the Member State to establish independently the extent to which, and the conditions under which, protection is conferred may include discretion to preclude such protection where a third party — without authorisation from the design copyright holder– had already produced and marketed in that State products based on the designs in question — those designs being in the public domain — before the date on which the national implementing legislation entered into force?
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Must Articles 17 and 19 of Directive 98/71/EC be interpreted as meaning that the discretion accorded to the Member State to establish independently the extent to which, and the conditions under which, protection is conferred may include discretion to preclude such protection where a third party — without authorisation from the design copyright holder — has already produced and marketed in that State products based on the designs in question, where protection is precluded within the limits of prior use?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 1998 L 289, p. 28.