Mag Instrument Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-136/02 P)

Judgment of 7 Oct 2004

law://eu/cjeu/2002/c-136-02/para_29@2026-11-13

29For a trade mark to possess distinctive character for the purposes of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94, it must serve to identify the goods or services in respect of which registration is applied for as originating from a particular undertaking, and thus to distinguish the goods or services from those of other undertakings (see Henkel v OHIM, paragaph 34 and the case-law cited there).

Mag Instrument Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-136/02 P)

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