The General Court confirms that Steiff, the German soft toy manufacturer, is not entitled to a Community trade mark for the attachment of a button or a label attached by means of a button to the ear of a soft toy
Date of article: 16/01/2014
Daily News of: 17/01/2014
Country: EUROPE
Author: Court of Justice of the European Union
Article language: en
The distinctive character of that attachment is lacking because, in itself, it does not enable the
average European consumer to recognise the commercial origin of the soft toy