The CJEU has recently given a preliminary ruling (following a reference from a German court - the Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf) on questions of jurisdiction and Community registered designs. The decision is Joined Cases C‑24/16 and C‑25/16 Nintendo Co., Ltd v Big Ben Interactive ( EU:C:2017:724, 27 September 2017 ) .

b) has goods that infringe a Community design shipped to a Member State other than the one in which it is domiciled? Is [Regulation No 6/2002], particularly Article 20(1)(c), to be interpreted as meaning that a third party may depict a Community design for commercial purposes if it intends to sell accessory items for the right holder’s goods corresponding to the Community design? If so, what criteria apply to this? Please note: the values have been rounded off to the nearest full value. There also may be some statistical variations on the energy consumption values displayed. The values could also change depending on the usage environment and conditions. The Nintendo Switch 2 is rumored to launch in 2024, but that’s not guaranteed. And even if new Nintendo hardware does launch within the next 12 months, the current Switch makes a strong case for itself still. We say there’s no time like the present to buy a Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch vs Nintendo Switch OLED vs Nintendo Switch Lite

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The battery life will depend on the games you play. For instance, the battery will last approximately 5.5 hours for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This is all really impressive stuff, then; a half-decent helping of licensed players, the ability to fill in the gaps with a huge library of user-created characters, a lengthy and detailed career mode and even a fully-fledged venue creation tool. You’d be forgiven for thinking you were looking at the future of tennis games here until you actually step out onto the court and realise that maybe it’s pushing itself a little too far. A 2D image of a 3D design may be an "act of reproduction" subject to various exceptions including "for the purpose of making citations"( Article20(1)(c)of Regulation No6/2002) . The estimated annual energy consumption of a console when used for gaming an average two hours per day for a whole year. Therefore, the territorial jurisdiction of a Community design court seised of an action for infringement within the meaning of Article 81(a) of Regulation No 6/2002, (such as the Dusseldorf court), extends throughout the EU also in respect of a defendant who is not domiciled in the Member State of the forum (i.e. BigBen France).

Despite releasing more than almost seven years ago the Nintendo Switch has kept a very stable price. However, we have seen price cuts during major sales events, and we expect to see the same during Cyber Monday 2023. Nintendo disputed the limitation to the goods within the supply chain between the defendants in the main proceedings and claimed that the injunction should extend to the images of the goods corresponding to its registered Community designs. It also argued that German law should be applied to BigBen Germany and French law to BigBen France.Plus, over the last six and a bit years, the library of the best Nintendo Switch games has grown exponentially. The console now boasts a deep collection of must-play titles that cover just about every single genre. Whatever you like to play there’s almost certainly a Switch game that will appeal, and it also boasts several exclusive titles that are downright masterful. You can increase your console's storage with compatible microSD cards (sold separately). For more information on compatible microSD cards, please visit our support section. The CJEU noted that the Community registered design has unitary character (i.e. any changes to it apply across the EU) and there is nothing in Article 6(1) of Regulation No 44/2001 (Recast, or the relevant case law) to prevent the court seeing their territorial jurisdiction limited in respect of a defendant from a different Member State. It is also the IPKat policy that comments should not be made completely anonymously, and users should use a consistent name or pseudonym (which should not itself be defamatory or obscene, or that of another real person), either in the "identity" field, or at the beginning of the comment. Current practice is to, however, allow a limited number of comments that contravene this policy, provided that the comment has a high degree of relevance and the comment chain does not become too difficult to follow.