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Case T-8/08: Action brought on 2 January 2008 — Piccoli v OHIM (Representation of a shell)
Case T-8/08: Action brought on 2 January 2008 — Piccoli v OHIM (Representation of a shell)
Case T-8/08: Action brought on 2 January 2008 — Piccoli v OHIM (Representation of a shell)
OJ C 64, 8.3.2008, p. 57–57
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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8.3.2008 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 64/57 |
Action brought on 2 January 2008 — Piccoli v OHIM (Representation of a shell)
(Case T-8/08)
(2008/C 64/91)
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: G.M. Piccoli Srl (Alzano Lombardo, Italy) (represented by S. Giudici, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
Form of order sought
The applicant claims that the Court should:
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Annul or vary the decision of the First Board of Appeal of 28 September 2007, notified on 23 October 2007, to allow the registration of Community three-dimensional trade mark No 4522892 consisting in the stylised shape of a (scallop) shell, also to distinguish ‘brioches, brioches filled with creams or custards, jams, chocolate or honey’; |
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Order the defendant to pay the costs. |
Pleas in law and main arguments
Community trade mark concerned: Three-dimensional mark representing a shell from four different perspectives (Registration Application No 4.522.892 for goods in Class 30).
Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application for registration in respect of ‘preparations made from cereals, pastry, confectionery and ices’.
Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed.
Pleas in law: Infringement of Articles 4 and 7(1)(e) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark, as well as misconstruction of a number of provisions of Directive 89/104/EEC to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks. It is asserted, in that regard, that both Article 2 of Directive 89/104/EEC and Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 acknowledge, expressly and unambiguously, the intrinsic distinctiveness, not only of the packaging of goods, but also of the very shape of those goods.