Kamis, 14 April 2005

Celltech Appeal Allowed

In Case T-260/03 Celltech R&D Ltd v OHIM , posted on the ECJ website this morning, the Court of First Instance allowed Celltech's appeal against OHIM's refusal to let registration every bit a Community merchandise grade of the give-and-take CELLTECH for goods inwards classes five as well as 10 as well as for services inwards Class 42. The examiner as well as the Board of Appeal considered the give-and-take CELLTECH to hold out descriptive of prison theatre cellphone applied scientific discipline products as well as thence to hold out lacking inwards distinctive character. The CFI held every bit follows:
"36 ... neither the Board of Appeal nor OHIM has given an explanation of the pregnant inwards scientific damage of prison theatre cellphone technology. OHIM simply produced every bit an annex to its reply an extract from the Collins English linguistic communication Dictionary showing the definitions of the damage ‘cell’ as well as ‘tech’.

37 Neither the Board of Appeal nor OHIM explained inwards what mode those damage laissez passer whatsoever data virtually the intended purpose as well as nature of the goods as well as services referred to inwards the application for registration, inwards detail virtually the mode inwards which those goods as well as services would hold out applied to prison theatre cellphone applied scientific discipline or how they would outcome from it.

38 ... the goods as well as services to which the application for registration relates are inwards full general damage pharmaceutical goods as well as services and, on that account, lead maintain a connecter alongside bodies which are composed of cells. However, the Board of Appeal did non demonstrate that the relevant world would straightaway as well as without farther reflection brand a definite as well as straight association betwixt the pharmaceutical goods as well as services claimed as well as the pregnant of the give-and-take grade CELLTECH ...

39 ... fifty-fifty supposing that the goods as well as services concerned may hold out used for functional purposes involving prison theatre cellphone technology, that fact would non hold out sufficient for a finding that the give-and-take grade CELLTECH may serve to designate their intended purpose. Such utilisation of them constitutes at most i of many possible areas of use, but non their technical business office ...

40 ... the Board of Appeal did non constitute that the term ‘celltech’, fifty-fifty taken every bit pregnant prison theatre cellphone technology, is such every bit to hold out straightaway as well as unambiguously perceived every bit designating activities inwards the acre of prison theatre cellphone applied scientific discipline as well as products, apparatus as well as equipment used inwards connecter alongside or resulting from such activities. Nor did it constitute that earth targeted volition persuasion it purely every bit an indication of the type of goods as well as services designated past times the sign.

41 Consequently, the Court must concur that the Board of Appeal did non demonstrate that the give-and-take grade CELLTECH was descriptive of the goods as well as services inwards honor of which registration was sought.

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44 The Board of Appeal did non constitute that the sign concerned, taken every bit a whole, would non let earth targeted to distinguish the applicant’s goods as well as services from those having a unlike commercial origin.

45 ... the Court must concur that the Board of Appeal did non constitute that the merchandise grade claimed was prevented from registration ... Since the Board of Appeal did non ready out whatsoever other grounds for a finding that the grade was nevertheless devoid of whatsoever distinctive graphic symbol for the purposes of Article 7(1)(b), it was incorrect inwards belongings that the give-and-take grade CELLTECH was devoid of whatsoever distinctive graphic symbol inside the pregnant of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94".
concurs. While CELLTECH is non the best lawsuit of a sparklingly master copy as well as non-derivative give-and-take mark, it appears to fulfil the meagre criteria of distinctiveness which the Community merchandise grade Regulation imposes.

More prison theatre cellphone applied scientific discipline here and here

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