- Query in any language with multilingual search
- Access EUR-Lex and EU Commission case law
- See relevant paragraphs highlighted instantly
Similar Documents
Explore similar documents to your case.We Found Similar Cases for You
Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2010. # Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark - Shape of a chocolate rabbit - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Lack of distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-395/08.
ECLI:EU:T:2010:550
62008TJ0395
With us you find everything. Try it now!
I imagine what I want to write in my case, I write it in the search engine and I get exactly what I wanted. Thank you!
Valentina R., lawyer
(Case T-395/08)
Community trade mark – Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark – Shape of a chocolate rabbit – Absolute ground for refusal – No distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) – No distinctive character acquired through use – Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks devoid of any distinctive character (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(b)) (see paras 25, 46-47)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 July 2008 (Case R 419/2008-4), concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a chocolate rabbit.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Community trade mark sought:
Three-dimensional mark in the form of a chocolate rabbit for goods in Class 30 – Application No 3664372
Decision of the examiner:
Registration refused
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG to pay the costs.