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Karen Millen Fashions Ltd v Dunnes Stores and Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd (C-345/13)
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Karen Millen Fashions Ltd v Dunnes Stores and Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd (C-345/13)

Judgment of 19 Jun 2014law://eu/cjeu/2013/c-345-13/para_42@2026-11-10

42Nor would that interpretation be compatible with the objective of simplicity and expeditiousness which, as evidenced by recitals 16 and 17 in the preamble to Regulation No 6/2002, underpins the idea of protection of unregistered Community designs.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-345/13 · ECLI:EU:C:2014:2013
Decided: 19 Jun 2014
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Supreme Court (Ireland)
Applicant: Karen Millen Fashions Ltd
Defendants: Dunnes Stores; Dunnes Stores (Limerick) Ltd
Rapporteur: R. Silva de Lapuerta
Advocate General: M. Wathelet
Bench: 5 judges
R. Silva de Lapuerta, J.L. da Cruz Vilaça, G. Arestis, J.-C. Bonichot, A. Arabadjiev
Language: English
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62013CJ0345

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Interprets 1: Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs
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