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“Marca comunitaria - Forma de una botella de cuello helicoidal: sentencia del Tribunal General 'Weldebräu/OAMI - Kofola Holding' de 4 de marzo de 2010, asunto T-24/08”
Revista de Derecho Alimentario (2010)
  • Luis González Vaqué
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Abstract

Judgment of the General Court of 4 March 2010 (Shape of a bottle with a helically formed neck)

Parties

Applicant: Weldebräu GmbH & Co. KG (Plankstadt, Germany) (represented by: W. Göpfert, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock, Agent)

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the General Court: Kofola Holding a.s. (Ostrava, Czech Republic) (represented by: S. Hejdová and R. Charvát, lawyers)

Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 November 2007 (Case R 1096/2006-4), relating to opposition proceedings between Weldebräu GmbH & Co. KG and Kofola Holding a.s.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1. Dismisses the action;

2. Orders Weldebräu GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.

Keywords
  • Three-dimensional Community trade mark,
  • Shape of a bottle with a helically formed neck,
  • Earlier three-dimensional Community trade mark,
  • Relative ground for refusal,
  • No likelihood of confusion,
  • Regulation (EC) No 40/94,
  • Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
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Publication Date
2010
Citation Information
Luis González Vaqué. "“Marca comunitaria - Forma de una botella de cuello helicoidal: sentencia del Tribunal General 'Weldebräu/OAMI - Kofola Holding' de 4 de marzo de 2010, asunto T-24/08”" Revista de Derecho Alimentario Iss. No. 56 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/luis_gonzalez_vaque/62/