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Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2003.#Shield Mark BV v Joost Kist h.o.d.n. Memex.#Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands.#Trade marks - Approximation of laws - Directive 89/104/EEC - Article 2 - Signs of which a trade mark may consist - Signs capable of being represented graphically - Sound signs - Musical notation - Written description - Onomatopoeia.#Case C-283/01.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2003.
Shield Mark BV v Joost Kist h.o.d.n. Memex.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands.
Trade marks - Approximation of laws - Directive 89/104/EEC - Article 2 - Signs of which a trade mark may consist - Signs capable of being represented graphically - Sound signs - Musical notation - Written description - Onomatopoeia.
Case C-283/01.
Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 27 November 2003.
Shield Mark BV v Joost Kist h.o.d.n. Memex.
Reference for a preliminary ruling: Hoge Raad der Nederlanden - Netherlands.
Trade marks - Approximation of laws - Directive 89/104/EEC - Article 2 - Signs of which a trade mark may consist - Signs capable of being represented graphically - Sound signs - Musical notation - Written description - Onomatopoeia.
Case C-283/01.
European Court Reports 2003 I-14313
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2003:641
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(Council Directive 89/104, Art. 2)
(Council Directive 89/104, Art. 2)
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT (Sixth Chamber)
27 November 2003 (1)
((Trade marks – Approximation of laws – Directive 89/104/EEC – Article 2 – Signs of which a trade mark may consist – Signs capable of being represented graphically – Sound signs – Musical notation – Written description – Onomatopoeia))
In Case C-283/01,
REFERENCE to the Court under Article 234 EC by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) for a preliminary ruling in the proceedings pending before that court between Shield Mark BVand
Joost Kist h.o.d.n. Memex, on the interpretation of Article 2 of First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks (OJ 1989 L 40, p. 1),THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),,
after considering the written observations submitted on behalf of:
having regard to the Report for the Hearing,
after hearing the oral observations of Shield Mark BV, represented by T. Cohen Jehoram, of the Netherlands Government, represented by N.A.J. Bel, acting as Agent, and also of the Commission, represented by N.B. Rasmussen and H. van Vliet, acting as Agent, at the hearing on 27 February 2003,
after hearing the Opinion of the Advocate General at the sitting on 3 April 2003,
gives the following
On those grounds,
THE COURT (Sixth Chamber),
in answer to the questions referred to it by the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden by judgment of 13 July 2001, hereby rules:
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