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European Union
BVBA Management, Training en Consultancy v Benelux-Merkenbureau (C-239/05)
Judgment
The questions referred for a prelimina…
Question 1
Findings of the Court
37

BVBA Management, Training en Consultancy v Benelux-Merkenbureau (C-239/05)

Judgment of 15 Feb 2007law://eu/cjeu/2005/c-239-05/para_37@2026-11-10

37However, where the same ground of refusal is given for a category or group of goods or services, the competent authority may use only general reasoning for all of the goods and services concerned.

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

Key facts

Court: Court of Justice · Second Chamber
Case: C-239/05 · ECLI:EU:C:2007:99
Decided: 15 Feb 2007
Procedure: Preliminary reference · referred by the Hof van beroep te Brussel (Belgium)
Applicant: BVBA Management, Training en Consultancy
Defendant: Benelux-Merkenbureau
Rapporteur: P. Kūris
Advocate General: E. Sharpston
Bench: 4 judges
R. Schintgen, P. Kūris, G. Arestis, L. Bay Larsen
Language: Dutch
Official: CURIA · EUR-Lex 62005CJ0239

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Approximation of laws System of property ownership

History · 1 version

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Interprets 1: First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks
Cited by 24: SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-462/24); SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-461/24); Visable v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-323/24); Quality First GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-243/23); bet365 Group Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-764/22); Pluscard Service-Gesellschaft für Kreditkarten-Processing mbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-669/20); Point Tec Products Electronic GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-615/19); Kerangus Holdings Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-882/19); Hästens Sängar AB v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-658/18); Adapta Color, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-226/17); Adapta Color, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-225/17); Adapta Color, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-224/17); Adapta Color, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-223/17); Stada Arzneimittel AG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-804/17); achtung ! GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-832/17); Portuguese Republic v European Commission (T-31/17)2 provisions; Nosio SpA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-314/17); Raise Conseil v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-463/17); Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-339/15); Murka Ltd v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-704/16); Sata GmbH & Co. KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-214/16); Allstate Insurance Company v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-3/16); Biogena Naturprodukte GmbH & Co KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-236/16); European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) v Deluxe Entertainment Services Group Inc (C-437/15 P)
Cites 6: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated 2016); First Council Directive 89/104/EEC of 21 December 1988 to approximate the laws of the Member States relating to trade marks; Union nationale des entraîneurs et cadres techniques professionnels du football (Unectef) v Georges Heylens and others (222/86); Koninklijke KPN Nederland NV v Benelux-Merkenbureau (C-363/99); Elisabeth Schulte and Wolfgang Schulte v Deutsche Bausparkasse Badenia AG (C-350/03); Clean Car Autoservice GmbH v Stadt Wien and Republik Österreich (C-472/99)