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Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA v G-Star Raw CV (C-683/17)
Consideration of the questions referred
The first question
51

Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA v G-Star Raw CV (C-683/17)

Judgment of 12 Sept 2019law://eu/cjeu/2017/c-683-17/para_51@2026-11-10

51For those reasons, and as the Advocate General also observed in point 52 of his Opinion, the grant of protection, under copyright, to subject matter that is protected as a design must not have the consequence that the respective objectives and effectiveness of those two forms of protection are undermined.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Third Chamber
Case: C-683/17 · ECLI:EU:C:2019:721
Decided: 12 Sept 2019
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (Supreme Court, Portugal)
Applicant: Cofemel — Sociedade de Vestuário SA
Defendant: G-Star Raw CV
Rapporteur: J. Malenovský
Advocate General: M. Szpunar
Bench: 5 judges
A. Prechal, F. Biltgen, J. Malenovský, C.G. Fernlund, L.S. Rossi
Language: Portuguese
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62017CJ0683

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Approximation of laws Copyright and related rights Freedom of establishment Freedom to provide services

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12 Sept 2019Reading

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Interprets 1: Directive 2001/29/EC2 provisions
Cited by 6: SI and Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech / Get2Get (C-833/18); Kwantum Nederland BV and Kwantum België BV v Vitra Collections AG (C-227/23); Institutul de Istorie şi Teorie Literară „G. Călinescu” and Fundaţia Naţională pentru Ştiinţă şi Artă v HK and Others (C-649/23); Mio AB and Others v Galleri Mikael & Thomas Asplund Aktiebolag and USM U. Schärer Söhne AG (C-580/23)7 provisions; Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and Stay Design, S.L (C-323/24); View, Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-49/19)
Cites 11: Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (consolidated 2016); Directive 2001/29/EC; Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs; Infopaq International A/S v Danske Dagblades Forening (C-5/08); Levola Hengelo BV v Smilde Foods BV (C-310/17); Directive 98/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 1998 on the legal protection of designs; Land Nordrhein-Westfalen v Dirk Renckhoff (C-161/17); Eva-Maria Painer v Standard VerlagsGmbH and Others (C-145/10); C & J Clark International Ltd v The Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs and Puma SE v Hauptzollamt Nürnberg (C-659/13, C-34/14); Football Dataco Ltd and Others v Yahoo! UK Ltd and Others (C-604/10); Cofemel – Sociedade de Vestuário SA v G-Star Raw CV (C-683/17)