Registration as a trade mark of shapes required by the function of a product and of shapes which give substantial value to a product with several characteristics may be precluded under EU law
Date of article: 18/09/2014
Daily News of: 18/09/2014
Country: 
EUROPE
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Article language: en
Reserving the benefit of such shapes to a single operator would grant a monopoly over the essential characteristics of goods, thereby undermining the objective of trade mark protection