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 technical result – Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape which results from the nature of the goods themselves – Article 7(1)(e)(i) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape which gives substantial value to the goods – Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Absence of descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009) – Obligation to state reasons – First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009
S. Frimodt Nielsen, P
T-450/09, [2014] EUECJ T-450/09, ECLI:EU:T:2014:983, [2018] EUECJ T-450/09DEP
Bailii, Bailii
Regulation No 207/2009
European, Intellectual Property
Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.539177
