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KWS Saat AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-447/02 P)
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The third ground of appeal
The first limb of the third ground of…
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KWS Saat AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (C-447/02 P)

Judgment of 21 Oct 2004law://eu/cjeu/2002/c-447-02/para_63@2026-11-10

63The first sentence of Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 provides that ‘[d]ecisions of the Office shall state the reasons on which they are based’.

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-447/02 P · ECLI:EU:C:2004:649
Decided: 21 Oct 2004
Procedure: Action for annulment
Applicant: KWSSaat AG
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)
Rapporteur: J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Advocate General: P. Léger
Bench: 4 judges
C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, N. Colneric, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues
Language: German
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62002CJ0447

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Cited by 23: Amphora Wineries AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-556/24); Centex SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-34/25); Rigo Trading SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-215/24); Giuliani SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-442/23); ZB v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-507/23); ePlus Inc. v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-604/23); Schönegger Käse-Alm GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-161/23); Korres AE - Fysika Proionta v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-328/22); Ecoalf Recycled Fabrics, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-324/22); Glaxo Group Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-477/21); Worldwide Brands, Inc. Zweigniederlassung Deutschland v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-552/21); Pierre Lannier v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-530/21)2 provisions; Lemken GmbH & Co. KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-621/21); Think Schuhwerk GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-298/19); Collibra v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-128/20); Residencial Palladium, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-207/20)2 provisions; Skyliners GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-15/20); Novomatic AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-588/19); Gabriele Bachmann v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-157/20); Gabriele Bachmann v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-153/20); Hana Jareš Procházková and Antonín Jareš v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-656/18); BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-309/19); BRF Singapore Foods Pte Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-310/19)
Cites 10: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016)2 provisions; First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Falck SpA and Acciaierie di Bolzano SpA v Commission of the European Communities (C-74/00 P, C-75/00 P); Coöperatieve Vereniging De Verenigde Bloemenveilingen Aalsmeer BA (VBA) v Florimex BV and Vereniging van Groothandelaren in Bloemkwekerijproducten (VGB) (C-265/97 P); Biret International SA v Council of the European Union (C-93/02 P); KWS Saat AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-173/00); Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark; Commission of the European Communities v Chambre syndicale nationale des entreprises de transport de fonds et valeurs (Sytraval) and Brink's France SARL (C-367/95 P); Commission Regulation (EC) No 2868/95 of 13 December 1995 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 on the Community trade mark; Libertel Groep BV v Benelux-Merkenbureau (C-104/01)