Download - OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM
![Page 1: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
OHIM Mini Webinar:Beginner Module on CTM
Rhys Morgan, Dafydd Collins22 May 2014
![Page 2: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
INTRODUCTION
TO THE COMMUNITY TRADE MARK SYSTEM
AND OHIM
PART 1
Rhys Morgan
![Page 3: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
![Page 4: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
![Page 5: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
![Page 6: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
PART 2
Dafydd Collins
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 7: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7(1)(b)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 8: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
(27/02/2002, T-79/00, 'LITE', paragraph 26)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 9: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
(30/06/2004, T‑281/02, ‘Mehr für Ihr Geld’)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 10: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
7(1)(b)
REFUSED
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 11: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
7(1)(b)
ACCEPTED
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 12: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
C-329/02 P SAT.1 v OHIM [2204] ECR I-8317
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 13: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
7(1)(b)
L - Super Slim FitClass 25 Clothing
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 14: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
7(1)(b)
Super Slim Fit
Class 25 Clothing
L
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 15: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
FOOTBALL CLASS 28
7(1)(b)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 16: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Chiemsee C-108/97 & C-109/97
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 17: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
(23/10/2003,C-191/01P, “DOUBLEMINT”)
![Page 18: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
7(1)(d)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 19: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
7(1)(e)(i)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 20: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
7(1)(e)(ii)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 21: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
7(1)(e)(iii)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 22: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
7(1)(f)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 23: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
7(1)(f)
“DE PUTA MADRE”Acceptable
Refusable
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 24: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
7(1)(g)
SARKO Vegetarian FoodsClass 29 Meat products
BRUNI SilkClass 25 Nylon stockings
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 25: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
7(1)(g)
THEWLIS GINClass 33 Alcoholic beverages
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 26: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
7(1)(h)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 27: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
7(1)(i)
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 28: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
7(1)(k)
Mark accepted upon limitation:
“Lamb and prepared foods; all in conformity with the specifications of the protected geographical indication “Welsh Lamb”.
ABSOLUTE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 29: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
PART 3
Rhys Morgan
![Page 30: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
Branded Football Stadia
Bayern Munich
Arsenal
Manchester City
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 31: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 32: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
Ambush Marketing:
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 33: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 34: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 35: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
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 REFUSAL
![Page 36: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 37: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
Jeremy Phillips - ‘Strong trademarks and the likelihood of confusion in European law’ (Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Vol. 1, No. 6 [2006]):
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 38: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
‘The consumer rarely gets a chance to see two marks together and to compare them side by side’.
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 39: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/39.jpg)
Differences between trademarks are more noticeable than the similarities:
WHITE GOOGLE v BLACK GOOGLE SCREW YOU v SCREW UP ELVIS LIGHT v ELVIS EXTRA
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 40: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/40.jpg)
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 41: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/41.jpg)
‘The Rational Basis of Trademark Protection’ by Frank I. Schechter [Harvard Law Review, Vol. 40, No. 6 (Apr., 1927), pp. 813-833]
RELATIVE GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL
![Page 42: OHIM Mini Webinar : Beginner Module on CTM](https://reader035.vdocument.in/reader035/viewer/2022081520/5681693c550346895de0b4c4/html5/thumbnails/42.jpg)
Thank You
(+ 34) 965 139 100 (switchboard)
(+ 34) 965 139 400 (e-business technical incidents)
(+ 34) 965 131 344 (main fax)
twitter/oamitweets
youtube/oamitubes
www.oami.europa.eu
CONT
ACT U
S: