BSH v EUIPO: ECJ 8 Nov 2016

ECJ (Judgment) Appeal – EU trade mark – Application for registration of a figurative mark including the word elements ‘compressor technology’ – Opposition of the proprietor of the word marks KOMPRESSOR PLUS and KOMPRESSOR – Partial refusal of registration – Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Article 60 -Regulation (EC) No 216/96 – Article 8(3) – ‘Ancillary’ appeal – Regulation (EC) No 40/94 – Article 8(1)(b) – Weak distinctive character of the earlier national marks – Likelihood of confusion

ECLI:EU:C:2016:837, [2016] EUECJ C-43/15
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Intellectual Property

Updated: 25 January 2022; Ref: scu.571264