Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 17 December 2010.

August Storck KG 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 mouse - 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) - Rights of the defence.

Case T-13/09.



Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
12/02/2011 Storck v OHIM (Forme d'une souris en chocolat)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2010:552
17/12/2010 Storck v OHIM (Forme d'une souris en chocolat)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2010:552
17/12/2010 Storck v OHIM (Forme d'une souris en chocolat)
Application (OJ)
21/03/2009 Storck v OHIM (Forme d'une souris en chocolat)
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Reports of Cases

2010 II-00297*

Pub somm

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Annulment of the decision R 185/2006-4 of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 12 November 2008, dismissing the appeal against the decision of the examiner who refused to grant registration to a three-dimensional mark representing a mouse made out of chocolate for goods in Class 30

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
        4.11.03.01.13 Signs examined
          4.11.03.01.13.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
            4.11.03.01.13.02.03 Three-dimensional marks


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

  • 15/01/2009

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

17/12/2010


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 69 from 21.03.2009, p.47

Judgment: OJ C 46 from 12.02.2011, p.11

Name of the parties

Storck v OHIM (Forme d'une souris en chocolat)

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

première chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Kanninen

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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