Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 16 June 2015

Gako Konietzko GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Application for three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of a cylindrical container in red and white — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Case T-654/13


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
24/07/2015 Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Forme d'un récipient cylindrique rouge et blanc)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2015:381
16/06/2015 Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Forme d'un récipient cylindrique rouge et blanc)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2015:381
16/06/2015 Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Forme d'un récipient cylindrique rouge et blanc)
Application (OJ)
24/01/2014 Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Forme d'un récipient cylindrique rouge et blanc)
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Reports of Cases

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Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Action for annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 19 September 2013 in Case R 2232/20121 dismissing the appeal against the examiner’s decision refusing registration of the three-dimensional figurative mark in red and white representing the shape of packaging for goods in Classes 3, 5 and 10.

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.01 Concept and criteria for assessment
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.13 Signs examined
          4.11.03.01.13.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
            4.11.03.01.13.02.03 Three-dimensional marks
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.03 Types of mark
            4.11.03.01.02.03.04 Three-dimensional marks
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.04 Procedure and legal proceedings
        4.11.03.04.04 Procedure
          4.11.03.04.04.06 Rights of the defence
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/12/2013

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

16/06/2015


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 262 from 10.08.2015, p.22

Application: OJ C 39 from 08.02.2014, p.26

Name of the parties

Gako Konietzko v OHIM (Forme d'un récipient cylindrique rouge et blanc)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

Troisième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Forwood

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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