Reports of Cases
published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)
Subject-matter
Community trade mark – Action for annulment, brought by the proprietor of the figurative mark representing a surface covered with black circles for goods in classes 8 and 21, of Decision R 1237/2008-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 20 May 2010 annulling the decision of the Cancellation Division rejecting the application for a declaration of invalidity of that mark submitted by Pi-Design, Bodum France and BODUM LOGISTICS
Systematic classification scheme
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4.11.03.01.05 Signs consisting exclusively of the natural or functional shape of goods or of the shape which gives substantial value to the goods
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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
4.11.03.01.05 Signs consisting exclusively of the natural or functional shape of goods or of the shape which gives substantial value to the goods |
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
Date of the Opinion
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Date of the hearing
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Date of delivery
08/05/2012
References
Publication in the Official Journal
Application: OJ C 328 from 04.12.2010, p.32
Judgment: OJ C 184 from 23.06.2012, p.11
Name of the parties
Yoshida Metal Industry v OHMI - Pi-Design and Others (Représentation d’une surface avec des pois noirs)
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 : application granted
Formation of the Court
Quatrième chambre (Tribunal)
Judge-Rapporteur
van der Woude
Advocate General
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Language(s) of the Case
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