Apple v Deutsches Patent-und Markenamt: ECJ 10 Jul 2014

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ECJ Judgment – Request for a preliminary ruling – Trade marks – Directive 2008/95/EC – Articles 2 and 3 – Signs capable of constituting a trade mark – Distinctive character – Representation, by design, of the layout of a flagship store – Registration as a trade mark for ‘services’ connected with the products on sale in such a store

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C-421/13, [2014] EUECJ C-421/13, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2070, [2014] WLR(D) 303
Bailii, WLRD
Directive 2008/95/EC 2 3

European, Intellectual Property

Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.534091