Beginner Module on CTM Rhys Morgan Dafydd Collins 22 May 2014 INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK SYST E M AND OHIM PART 1 Rhys Morgan ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL ID: 300181
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OHIM Mini Webinar
:Beginner Module on CTM
Rhys
Morgan,
Dafydd
Collins
22 May
2014Slide2
INTRODUCTION
TO THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK SYSTEM AND OHIM
PART 1
Rhys
MorganSlide3Slide4Slide5Slide6
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
PART 2
Dafydd
Collins
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7(1)(b)
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(27/02/2002, T-79/00, 'LITE', paragraph 26)
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(30/06/2004, T‑281/02, ‘Mehr für Ihr
Geld’)ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide10
7(1)(b)
REFUSED
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7(1)(b)
ACCEPTED
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C-329/02 P SAT.1 v OHIM [2204] ECR
I-8317ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide13
7(1)(b)
L - Super Slim FitClass 25 ClothingABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide14
7(1)(b)
Super Slim FitClass 25 Clothing
L
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Football Class 28
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Chiemsee C-108/97 & C-109/97
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(23/10/2003,C-191/01P, “DOUBLEMINT”)Slide18
7(1
)(d)
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7(1)(e)(i)
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7(1)(e)(ii)
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7(1)(e)(iii)
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7(1
)(f)
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7(1)(f)
“DE PUTA MADRE” AcceptableRefusable
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7(1)(g)
SARKO Vegetarian FoodsClass 29 Meat productsBRUNI SilkClass 25 Nylon stockings
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7(1)(g)
THEWLIS GINClass 33 Alcoholic beveragesABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide26
7(1
)(h)
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7(1
)(i)ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide28
7(1)(k)
Mark accepted upon limitation:“Lamb and prepared foods; all in conformity with the specifications of the protected geographical indication “Welsh Lamb”.
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RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
PART 3
Rhys
MorganSlide30
Branded Football Stadia
Bayern Munich
Arsenal
Manchester City
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Ambush Marketing:
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Grand Board of Appeal decision of 23 May 2012– R 1790/2011-5 – 4REFUEL (FIG. MARK)/REFUEL paragraph 11:
‘The sole fact that the earlier mark has been registered as a Community trade mark does not preclude the Board from finding it to be largely descriptive, or, in other words, from having a low intrinsic distinctive character in relation to the goods and services it covers. The Board must also keep the general public interest in mind. In this instance, it means that descriptive signs should not be protected beyond what is compatible with the possibility for all to use signs that are necessary to describe the goods and services that are legitimately traded by competitors.’RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide36
Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):
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Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):
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‘The consumer rarely gets a chance to see two marks together and to compare them side by side’.
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Differences between trademarks are more noticeable than the similarities:
WHITE GOOGLE v BLACK GOOGLE SCREW YOU v SCREW UP ELVIS LIGHT v ELVIS EXTRARELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSALSlide40
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‘The Rational Basis of Trademark Protection’ by Frank I. Schechter [Harvard Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Apr., 1927), pp. 813-833]
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