ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional Community trade mark – Cube with surfaces having a grid structure – Absolute grounds for refusal – First sentence of Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a … Continue reading Simba Toys v Ohmi – Seven Towns (Forme D’Un Cube Avec Des Faces Ayant Une Structure En Grille): ECFI 25 Nov 2014

ECFI Judgment (Extracts) – Community trade mark – Application for the Community figurative mark representing a wavy line – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 – Article 76 of Regulation No … Continue reading Vans v OHIM (Representation D’Une Ligne Ondulee): ECFI 6 Nov 2014

ECFI Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark TDI – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(1)(c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Articles 75 and 76(1) of Regulation No 207/2009. Citations: T-318/09, [2011] EUECJ T-318/09 Links: Bailii European, Intellectual … Continue reading Audi And Volkswagen v OHIM (TDI): ECFI 6 Jul 2011

ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community figurative mark representing a grey chequerboard pattern – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(1)(b) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 52(1) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009 Judges: … Continue reading Louis Vuitton Malletier v OHMI – Nanunana (Representation D’Un Motif A Damier Gris): ECFI 21 Apr 2015

ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community figurative mark representing a brown and beige chequerboard pattern – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(1)(b) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 52(1) and (2) of Regulation No … Continue reading Louis Vuitton Malletier v OHMI – Nanunana (Brown And Beige): ECFI 21 Apr 2015

ECJ Community trade mark Invalidity proceedings – Community trade mark consisting of a combination of the colours green and yellow – Absolute ground for refusal – Distinctive character acquired through use Article 7(3) and Article 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) and Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – Relative ground … Continue reading BCS v OHMI – Deere And Jaune: ECFI 28 Oct 2009

ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – International registration designating the European Community – Figurative mark cushe – Earlier national word mark SHE and figurative mark she – Relative ground for refusal – Genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 57(2) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Likelihood of … Continue reading Wolverine International v OHMI – BH Stores (Cushe): ECFI 15 Oct 2015

ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Applications for figurative Community trade marks representing boards for parlour games – Absolute grounds for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, Article 7(1)(b) and Article 7(3) H. Kanninen, P T-492/13, [2015] EUECJ T-492/13 Bailii European, Intellectual Property Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.543798

ECFI Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Three-dimensional Community trade mark – Shape of two packaged goblets – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Lack of distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(1)(b) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 M. van der Woude, P T-474/12, [2014] … Continue reading Giorgis v OHMI – Comigel (Forme De Deux Gobelets Emballes): ECFI 25 Sep 2014

ECJ Judgment – Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Application for the Community figurative mark ‘la nana’ – Earlier national word mark NANA – Relative ground for refusal – Likelihood of confusion – Article 8(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – No genuine use of the earlier mark – Article 57(2) and (3) of … Continue reading Nanunana Joachim Hoepp v OHMI – Stal-Florez Botero (La Nana): ECFI 16 Jul 2014