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Document 62013TJ0112
Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 15 December 2016.#Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, formerly Cadbury Holdings Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office.#EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional mark — Shape of a chocolate bar — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 52(1) and (2) of Regulation No 207/2009.#Case T-112/13.
Sentenza tal-Qorti Ġenerali (Il-Ħames Awla) tal-15 ta’ Diċembru 2016.
Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, li qabel kienet Cadbury Holdings Ltd vs L-Uffiċċju tal-Proprjetà Intellettwali tal-Unjoni Ewropea.
Trade mark tal-Unjoni Ewropea — Proċedimenti ta’ invalidità — Trade mark tridimensjonali — Forma ta’ biċċa ċikkulata — Raġuni assoluta għal rifjut — Assenza ta’ karattru distintiv — Karattru distintiv miksub bl-użu — Artikolu 7(1)(b) u (3) tar-Regolament (KE) Nru 207/2009 — Artikolu 52(1) u (2) tar-Regolament Nru 207/2009.
Kawża T-112/13.
Sentenza tal-Qorti Ġenerali (Il-Ħames Awla) tal-15 ta’ Diċembru 2016.
Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd, li qabel kienet Cadbury Holdings Ltd vs L-Uffiċċju tal-Proprjetà Intellettwali tal-Unjoni Ewropea.
Trade mark tal-Unjoni Ewropea — Proċedimenti ta’ invalidità — Trade mark tridimensjonali — Forma ta’ biċċa ċikkulata — Raġuni assoluta għal rifjut — Assenza ta’ karattru distintiv — Karattru distintiv miksub bl-użu — Artikolu 7(1)(b) u (3) tar-Regolament (KE) Nru 207/2009 — Artikolu 52(1) u (2) tar-Regolament Nru 207/2009.
Kawża T-112/13.
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2016:735
- Date of document:
- 15/12/2016
- Date lodged:
- 19/02/2013
- Author:
- Il-Qorti Ġenerali
- Country or organisation from which the request originates:
- Ir-Renju Unit
- Form:
- Sentenza
- Additional information:
- POURVOI C-95/17 P, POURVOI C-84/17, POURVOI C-85/17 P
- Authentic language:
- Ingliż
- Type of procedure:
- Rikors għal annullament - fondat
- Judge-Rapporteur:
- Tomljenović
- Treaty:
- Trattat dwar il-Funzjonament tal-Unjoni Ewropea
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- Notes relating to the decision:
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- 2. Millisits, Endre: Kit Kat, avagy a térbeli védjegy oltalomképességének újabb határvitái az Európai Bíróság előtt, Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle 2017 3. szám p.96-106 (HU)
- 1. Foster, Laura: General Court finds shape of KitKat bar not sufficiently distinctive for EU-wide protection, Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 2017 p.264–266 (EN)
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