Earlier this month, the CJEU issued
a preliminary ruling in the case.
Not exact matches
This is often the
case in law when you receive a
preliminary ruling that does not support your
case or, as is often the
case, a
ruling that makes trial more difficult for both parties.
Just two days after being granted a
preliminary injunction
in its
case against Patrick McDonnell and Coin Drop Markets, the CFTC used that
ruling to give notice of supplemental authority
in another cryptocurrency - related
case.
Mark Friedgut, the Ezzo lawyer prosecuting this
case, was so unprofessional
in his filings before an Australian judge that she went out of her way to criticize his behavior
in one of her
preliminary rulings: Ezzo vs. Grille (Ezzo v Grille 2003, NSWSC 776; 21 August 2003; NEW SOUTH WALES SUPREME COURT)
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the court
in his
ruling on the defendants»
preliminary objection on Monday, held that the engineers «had not made out a
case of infringement on their fundamental rights even on the merit of the application,» and dismissed their applications.
«It is my decision that this court has jurisdiction on the charges filed against the first defendant
in this
case and the notice of
preliminary objection is dismissed,» Justice Solebo
ruled.
Last month, Monsanto withdrew the suit
in the Dutch court and settled the
case with soy meal importers after a
preliminary ruling earlier this year signaled that it was likely to lose the
case.
But that court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit,
in a 2 - 1 decision
in April overturned the
preliminary injunction, allowing research to continue until Lamberth
ruled on the merits of the underlying
case.
Indeed, the
preliminary ruling in the Roche
case directly addressed the issue of informed consent, and hinged on whether Mr. Roche had given consent for the future implantation of any non-transferred embryos [75].
The Court of Justice will have no jurisdiction
in EPPO
cases (contrary to what was suggested by the Draft Model
Rules), except of course when a national court would ask the EU Court for a
preliminary ruling.
This is because the new version of the EEA Agreement established a new procedure to preserve the homogenous interpretation of the agreement through the EFTA Joint Committee monitoring the evolution of the Court of Justice's
case law, and a mechanism analogous to the
preliminary reference procedure whereby the Court of Justice would be asked to give a
ruling on the interpretation of relevant
rules in disputes between the Contracting Parties (Articles 105 - 111 of the EEA Agreement).
In this
case, the Court readily accepted that it has jurisdiction to give
preliminary rulings on the interpretation and validity of all EU acts, «without exception».
The
case was referred to the ECJ for a
preliminary ruling about whether Art 2 of the Community Directive 89 / 104 / EEC
in respect of trade marks precluded sounds or noises from being registered as trade marks and what the requirements were for a sound or noise to be registered.
In Singapore the SIAC
Rules now encourage tribunals to distil
preliminary issues which could dispose of a
case faster and at lower cost.
In January 2012, the German Supreme Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) referred a
case to the ECJ for a
preliminary ruling concerning the NGO's right of action.
CONSIDERING that, as any national court, the Unified Patent Court must respect and apply Union law and,
in collaboration with the Court of Justice of the European Union as guardian of Union law, ensure its correct application and uniform interpretation; the Unified Patent Court must
in particular cooperate with the Court of Justice of the European Union
in properly interpreting Union law by relying on the latter's
case law and by requesting
preliminary rulings in accordance with Article 267 TFEU;»
In the case of the CFSP the national courts replace the CJEU and have to ensure effective judicial protection of individuals also in the absence of the Court's competence to make preliminary rulings and monopoly to annul EU law (AG view, para 102
In the
case of the CFSP the national courts replace the CJEU and have to ensure effective judicial protection of individuals also
in the absence of the Court's competence to make preliminary rulings and monopoly to annul EU law (AG view, para 102
in the absence of the Court's competence to make
preliminary rulings and monopoly to annul EU law (AG view, para 102).
On the other hand, if national legislation falls within the scope of EU law, the Court, when requested to give a
preliminary ruling, must provide all the guidance as to interpretation needed
in order for the national court to determine whether that legislation is compatible with the fundamental rights the observance of which the Court ensures (see, inter alia,
Case C ‑ 617 / 10 Åkerberg Fransson [2013] ECR I ‑ 0000, paragraph 19 and the case - law cit
Case C ‑ 617 / 10 Åkerberg Fransson [2013] ECR I ‑ 0000, paragraph 19 and the
case - law cit
case - law cited).
Sanctions
cases M
case In R (on the application of M & another) v Her Majesty's Treasury [2008] UKHL 26, [2008] All ER (D) 409 (Apr) the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords referred a question of the interpretation of EC Council Regulation 881 (2002)(the Regulation) to the ECJ for a
preliminary ruling, pursuant to Art 234 of the EC Treaty (as amended).
In a fifth
case the Supreme Court issued its final judgment on a matter that had already been sent to Luxembourg for
preliminary rulings on two occasions; it concerned the limitation period applying to claims brought against producers of goods (O'Byrne v Aventis Pasteur MSD Ltd [2010] UKHL 23).
In such a multi-patent
case involving so many different issues it would be unusual for the Commission not to review the
preliminary rulings — the original ID and the supplemental remand ID — at all.
In a grand chamber judgment in case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU
In a grand chamber judgment
in case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU
in case C ‑ 209 / 10, Post Danmark, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down a
preliminary ruling on the interpretation of abuse of a dominant position (Art. 102 TFEU).
However,
in two recent
preliminary rulings, the Court has had the opportunity to clarify its previous
case law.
In the
case at hand, the AG argued that HSs are part of EU law and advised the Court to give a
preliminary ruling.
Since
in references for a
preliminary ruling the determinations of national courts will generally be accepted by the CJEU, and a request to intervene
in a
preliminary ruling procedure to submit observations on third country law is not possible, there is a risk that a judgment
in such a
case could be based on an insufficient evaluation of third country law, such as when the evidence concerning such law is uncontested and is presented only by a single party.
It would strike me as most odd if, for example, any such
case which is brought
in accordance with the applicable procedural
rules should be denied the opportunity to refer a
preliminary preference to the Court of Justice, for example.
As already stressed by Megi Medzmariashvili
in her post of 1st March 2016, the question of whether the Court of Justice of the European Union («the Court» or «CJEU») has jurisdiction to give a
preliminary ruling on the interpretation of a harmonised technical standard («HTS») adopted by the European Committee for Standardisation («CEN») is, for the first time, raised
in Case C - 613 / 14, James Elliot Construction Ltd v Irish Asphalt Limited.
In the PPL case, an Irish court asked the ECJ for a preliminary ruling to clarify whether «communication to the public» includes broadcasts by a hotel to guests in hotel bedrooms, and whether Ireland was therefore in violation of European law when it exempted hotels from paying remuneration for these broadcast
In the PPL
case, an Irish court asked the ECJ for a
preliminary ruling to clarify whether «communication to the public» includes broadcasts by a hotel to guests
in hotel bedrooms, and whether Ireland was therefore in violation of European law when it exempted hotels from paying remuneration for these broadcast
in hotel bedrooms, and whether Ireland was therefore
in violation of European law when it exempted hotels from paying remuneration for these broadcast
in violation of European law when it exempted hotels from paying remuneration for these broadcasts.
In the light of the conflict between its own case law and the EU legal framework, the Constitutional Court (in Plenary Chamber) clearly struggled with Melloni's petition, and in 2011 decided to ask the CJEU for a preliminary rulin
In the light of the conflict between its own
case law and the EU legal framework, the Constitutional Court (
in Plenary Chamber) clearly struggled with Melloni's petition, and in 2011 decided to ask the CJEU for a preliminary rulin
in Plenary Chamber) clearly struggled with Melloni's petition, and
in 2011 decided to ask the CJEU for a preliminary rulin
in 2011 decided to ask the CJEU for a
preliminary ruling.
In the case at issue the request for a preliminary ruling was submitted by the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Higher Regional Court, Frankfurt am Main) in 2016 in the context of a dispute between Coty Germany GmbH, a supplier of luxury cosmetics established in Germany, and Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, an authorised distributor of those goods, concerning the prohibition, under a selective distribution contract between Coty Germany and its authorised distributors, of the use by the latter, in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract good
In the
case at issue the request for a
preliminary ruling was submitted by the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (Higher Regional Court, Frankfurt am Main)
in 2016 in the context of a dispute between Coty Germany GmbH, a supplier of luxury cosmetics established in Germany, and Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, an authorised distributor of those goods, concerning the prohibition, under a selective distribution contract between Coty Germany and its authorised distributors, of the use by the latter, in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract good
in 2016
in the context of a dispute between Coty Germany GmbH, a supplier of luxury cosmetics established in Germany, and Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, an authorised distributor of those goods, concerning the prohibition, under a selective distribution contract between Coty Germany and its authorised distributors, of the use by the latter, in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract good
in the context of a dispute between Coty Germany GmbH, a supplier of luxury cosmetics established
in Germany, and Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, an authorised distributor of those goods, concerning the prohibition, under a selective distribution contract between Coty Germany and its authorised distributors, of the use by the latter, in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract good
in Germany, and Parfümerie Akzente GmbH, an authorised distributor of those goods, concerning the prohibition, under a selective distribution contract between Coty Germany and its authorised distributors, of the use by the latter,
in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract good
in a discernible manner, of third - party undertakings for internet sales of the contract goods.
In the present case, it is common ground, that the amount of the public contract at issue in the main proceedings amounts to EUR 85,000, which is considerably below the thresholds for application laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2014/24... On the other hand, in its reference for a preliminary ruling, the referring court has not provided any information enabling the Court to... demonstrate the existence of a certain cross-border interest... In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added
In the present
case, it is common ground, that the amount of the public contract at issue
in the main proceedings amounts to EUR 85,000, which is considerably below the thresholds for application laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2014/24... On the other hand, in its reference for a preliminary ruling, the referring court has not provided any information enabling the Court to... demonstrate the existence of a certain cross-border interest... In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added
in the main proceedings amounts to EUR 85,000, which is considerably below the thresholds for application laid down
in Article 4 of Directive 2014/24... On the other hand, in its reference for a preliminary ruling, the referring court has not provided any information enabling the Court to... demonstrate the existence of a certain cross-border interest... In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added
in Article 4 of Directive 2014/24... On the other hand,
in its reference for a preliminary ruling, the referring court has not provided any information enabling the Court to... demonstrate the existence of a certain cross-border interest... In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added
in its reference for a
preliminary ruling, the referring court has not provided any information enabling the Court to... demonstrate the existence of a certain cross-border interest...
In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added
In those circumstances, the Court finds itself unable to provide a useful answer to the question raised... (C - 486 / 17, paras 17 - 22, references omitted, own translation from French and emphasis added).
On April 13, 2018 the Supreme Court of Lithuania (SCoL) decided to stay proceedings and refer a question for
preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
in a
case that raises new questions related to the
in - house exemption (civil
case No.
Traders appealed and the OFT cross-appealed the High Court
ruling before the Court of Appeal (England and Wales)(Civil Division), which referred the
case to the CJEU for a
preliminary ruling whereby it seeked an interpretation of paragraph 31 of Annex I to the Directive 2005 / 29 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business - to - consumer commercial practices
in the internal market (OJ 2005 L 149, p. 22)
in order to determine whether that provision prohibits the imposition of a cost, even of a de minimis nature, on a consumer who has been informed that they have won a prize.
This progression is consistent with the migration of other Supreme Court
rules from one intellectual property field into another; for example, the application of the patent doctrine of willful blindness
in copyright
cases, [28] and the extension of eBay's [29]
rule regarding irreparable harm
in patent permanent injunction applications to
preliminary injunctions
in both trademark and copyright
cases.
I recently obtained a copy of the
preliminary ruling on the photo gallery patent, and
in a parallel matter the court allowed me, over Samsung's objections, to read Apple's sur - reply (from the infringement proceedings)
in the infringement
case over Samsung's smiley input method patent.
In the present
case, the Council of State (Conseil d'Etat) decided to refer a request for a
preliminary ruling to the EU Court of Justice seeking interpretation of the Directive 95 / 46 / EC.
By a request for a
preliminary ruling, of 25 November 2014 brought
in Case C ‑ 554 / 14, repeated and thereafter supplemented by two requests of 15 December 2014, the Sofia City Court referred to the Court various questions on the interpretation of Council Framework Decision 2008 / 909 / JHA of 27 November 2008.
(a) any court or tribunal of that State against whose decisions there is no judicial remedy under national law may request the Court of Justice to give a
preliminary ruling on a question raised
in a
case pending before it and concerning the validity or interpretation of an act referred to
in paragraph 1 if that court or tribunal considers that a decision on the question is necessary to enable it to give judgment; or
Before the jury verdict came down, Judge Koh (
in a
preliminary injunction
ruling last year) and many observers (including me) thought that Apple had a stronger
case with its tablet design patent, while the smartphone design patent
case looked like a closer call.
The
case has proceeded upon the request for a
preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the District Court
in Łodz — Srodmiescie (Poland); it was made by decision of 24 May 2016, received at the Court on 25 May 2016,
in the proceedings JZ versus the District Prosecution Service
in Lodz — Srodmiescie.
However, on the particular facts of that
case — where the chief detriment was a disciplinary hearing brought against the claimant who was dismissed internally — the tribunal had not been perverse
in ruling a number of the alleged acts out of time at the
preliminary hearing.
The
rules bring
in an initial sift process, allowing the tribunal to strike out of its own initiative unmeritorious claims; the combination of the old two - speed CMD / PHR (
case management discussion / pre-hearing review)
in procedure into
preliminary hearings; stronger timetabling powers for employment judges, allowing cross examination to be curtailed and changes to the costs regime.
Both the PCIJ's doctrine
in the Phosphates
in Morocco
Case (1938) and the ICJ's
preliminary ruling in the Certain Property
Case (2005) support the exclusion of the World Court's jurisdiction vis - à - vis the Greco - German ICCs.
Throwing a tire into the dumpster fire was a
preliminary injunction handed down yesterday by Judge Jack B. Weinstein,
ruling against a cryptocurrency trading advice firm
in a
case brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Conducted research on statutes, precedents, regulations and
rulings and participated
in the
preliminary stages of
case preparation and hearings.
• Ability to conduct research of statutes, precedents,
rulings and participate
in preliminary stages of
case preparation and hearings.
Already the judge
in the
case made a
preliminary ruling that the MLS's photos and notes about listed homes are likely protected by copyright law (stopping NeighborCity from using the pictures and comments without license while the litigation goes on).