Reports of Cases

2003 I-12447

Subject-matter

Appeal against the judgment delivered on 31 January 2001 by the Second Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Case T-193/99 Wrigley v OHIM, annulling the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 16 June 1999 (Case R 216/1998-1) dismissing the appeal against the examiner's decision refusing to register the term DOUBLEMINT for certain goods in Classes 3, 5, 25, 28 and 30

Systematic classification scheme

Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• Regulation 40/94 -A04 : paragraphs 2, 28
• Regulation 40/94 -A07 : paragraph 3
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P1LC : paragraphs 29, -38
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P3 : paragraph 30
• Directive 89/104 -A03P1LC : paragraph 31
• General Court - Judgment T -193/99 : paragraphs 1 - 40
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -108/97 : paragraph 31
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/01 : paragraph 31

Operative part

• Annuls : General Court - Judgment T -193/99

Opinion

• Regulation 40/94 -A04 : point 3
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P1LA : point 4
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P1LB : point 4
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P1LC : points 1, 4, 16, 18 - 22, 37, -102
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P2 : points 4, 80
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A07P3 : points 4, 55
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A12 : point 5
  
• Regulation 40/94 -A12LB : points 92 - 94
  
• Directive 89/104 -A03P1LC : points 16, 17
  
• Directive 89/104 -A05P1LA : point 75
  
• General Court - Judgment T -193/99 : points 1, 37
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -383/99 : points 1, 2, 15 - 22, 49, 52, 68, 70, 71, 73, 78 - 80, 84, 87, 89, 93, 96, 97
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -383/99 : points 37, 51, 68, 69, 92
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -108/97 : points 15 - 22
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -363/99 : points 15, 52, 74, 80
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -104/00 : points 15, 83
  
• Court of Justice - Opinion C -104/00 : point 74
  
• General Court - Judgment T -358/00 : point 47
  
• General Court - Judgment T -345/99 : point 52
  
• General Court - Judgment T -34/00 : point 52
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -291/00 : point 75
  
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -53/01 : point 97
  

Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 17/04/2001

Date of the Opinion

• 10/04/2003

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

23/10/2003

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 200 from 14.07.2001, p.50

Judgment: OJ C 304 from 13.12.2003, p.2

Name of the parties

OHIM v Wrigley

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Van Nispen, C.J.J.C.: Doublemint en Adidas, Bijblad industriële eigendom 2003 p.475
2. Gahleithner, Daniel: Zäh wie Kaugummi: Die Semantik-Kurse am EuGH, European Law Reporter 2004 p.79
3. Gielen, Ch.: Intellectuele eigendom & Reclamerecht 2004 p.53
4. Ryan, Patrick S.: The Columbia Journal of European Law 2004 p.393-403
5. Perraki, Marina: Epitheorisis tou Emporikou Dikaiou 2005 p.137-153

Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Information not available

Subject-matter

• Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  
• - Trade marks
  

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

• Actions for annulment
  
• Appeals : application granted
  

Formation of the Court

Cour plénière (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Puissochet

Advocate General

Jacobs

Language(s) of the Case

• English
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

• English