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Tomorrow the Court of First Instance of the European Communities gives judgment in three appeals from the OHIM Boards of Appeal relating to Community trade marks. They are
* Case T-188/04 Freixenet v OHIM , an appeal against refusal to register in Class 33 a frosted black matt bottle.

* Case T-190/04 Freixenet v OHIM , ditto, but this bottle is white and polished, not black and frosted.

* Case T-96/05 Monte di Massima v OHIM - Höfferle Internationale (Valle della Luna): this is an appeal against the Board of Appeal decision to set aside the Opposition Division's decision to refuse the opposition brought by the owner of the national word mark VALLE DE LA LUNA for sparkling wines against an applicant to register a figurative mark containing the words "Valle della Luna" for beers.
The IPKat hopes to bring news of all these cases when they emerge. His bet is that the two bottle appeals will fail; the Valle de la Luna case involves issues of proof of use of the earlier mark and, without hearing the arguments on the issues, he thinks it's too close to call.

European Court of Justice diary here
COMING SHORTLY ... COMING SHORTLY ... Reviewed by Jeremy on Tuesday, October 03, 2006 Rating: 5

1 comment:

  1. AnonymousWednesday, 4 October 2006 at 09:10:00 GMT+1

    The CFI has been known to wobble alarmingly on bottles but if the subject of the marks is just the frosted appearance (not anything else), then I wouldn't bet against you.

    Valle De La Luna - well, it's got to be a cite ain't it ? Ahem, at least in an Anglophone country ! Some may argue that the goods are different.

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