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(Joined Cases C-84/17 P, C-85/17 P and C-95/17 P) (*)
((Appeal - EU trade mark - Three-dimensional mark representing the shape of a four-fingered chocolate bar - Appeal directed against the grounds - Inadmissibility - Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 7(3) - Evidence of distinctive character acquired through use))
(2018/C 328/11)
Language of the case: English
Appellants: Société des produits Nestlé SA (represented by: G.S.P. Vos, advocaat, and S. Malynicz QC) (C-84/17 P), Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, formerly Cadbury Holdings Ltd (represented by: T. Mitcheson QC and J. Lane Heald, Barrister, instructed by P. Walsh, J. Blum and C. MacLeod, Solicitors) (C-85/17 P), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent) (C-95/17 P)
Other parties to the proceedings: Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, formerly Cadbury Holdings Ltd (represented by: T. Mitcheson QC and J. Lane Heald, Barrister, instructed by P. Walsh and J. Blum, Solicitors), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent) (C-84/17 P), European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent), Société des produits Nestlé SA, (represented by: G.S.P. Vos, advocaat, and S. Malynicz QC) (C-85/17 P), Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, formerly Cadbury Holdings Ltd (represented by: T. Mitcheson QC and J. Lane Heald, Barrister, instructed by P. Walsh and J. Blum, Solicitors), Société des produits Nestlé SA (represented by: G.S.P. Vos, advocaat, and S. Malynicz QC) (C-95/17 P)
Interveners in support of the appelant in Case C-84/17 P: European Association of Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES) (represented by: M. Viefhues, Rechtsanwalt)
The Court:
Dismisses the appeals;
Orders Société des produits Nestlé SA, European Association of Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES), Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to bear their own costs.
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(*) OJ C 178, 6.6.2017, p. 4.
OJ C 161, 22.5.2017, p. 9.