The author analyzes the judgment in Joined Cases C-446/09 and C-495/09 Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Lucheng Meijing Industrial Company Ltd. et al. (C-446/09) - preliminary issues raised by the Rechtbank van eerste aanleg te Antwerpen (Belgium) Nokia Corporation v. Her Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue and Customs (C-495/09) - preliminary issues raised by the Court of Appeal - Civil Division (United Kingdom) Judgment of the First Chamber of the Court of Justice of the EU on 1 December 2011.