Reports of Cases

2011 II-00346*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Community trade mark - Annulment of Decision R 1805/2007-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 23 October 2009 dismissing the appeal against the examiner’s decision refusing to register the word mark “PAKI” for goods and services in Classes 6, 20, 37 and 39.

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Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 2 : paragraph 15
• EC Treaty (Amsterdam), Article 3 -P3 : paragraph 15
• Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU (2007), Article 21 : paragraph 15
• TFEU, Article 9 : paragraph 15
• TFEU, Article 10 : paragraph 15
• 61994R0040 : paragraph 32
• Regulation 207/2009 -A07P1LF : paragraphs 10 - 14, 16, 18, 37
• Regulation 207/2009 -A07P2 : paragraph 11
• General Court - Judgment T -140/02 : paragraphs 14, 16
• General Court - Judgment T -346/04 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Judgment C -412/05 : paragraph 32
• Court of Justice - Order C -39/08 : paragraph 32

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

• 28/12/2009

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

05/10/2011

References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 80 from 27.03.2010, p.31

Judgment: OJ C 340 from 19.11.2011, p.17

Name of the parties

PAKI Logistics v OHIM (PAKI)

Notes on Academic Writings

1. Van Woensel, C.P.L.: Toetsing aanvraag Gemeenschapswoordmerk "paki" aan openbare orde en goede zeden, Berichten industriële eigendom 2012 p.76-77
2. Geoffray, Bertrand: Droit des marques et autres signes distinctifs - Motifs absolus de refus - Marque contraire à l'ordre public et aux bonnes moeurs, Propriétés intellectuelles 2012 nº 42 p.96-98
3. Barazza, Stefano: General Court refuses "racist" PAKI trade mark, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2012 p.392-396

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

Czúcz

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

• German
  

Language(s) of the Opinion

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