Judgment_paragraph 45 · Freixenet, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (C-344/10 P, C-345/10 P)

45It is also settled case-law that, the criteria for assessing the distinctive character of three-dimensional trade marks consisting of the appearance of the product itself are no different from those applicable to other categories of trade mark (see, in particular, Mag Instrument v OHIM, paragraph 30; Case C-173/04 P Deutsche SiSi-Werke v OHIM [2006] ECR I-551, paragraph 27; Storck v OHIM, paragraph 26, and Case C-144/06 P Henkel v OHIM [2007] ECR I-8109, paragraph 36).

Freixenet, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (C-344/10 P, C-345/10 P)

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