36Global Sports Media considers that the fourth part of the first plea is based on a misreading of the judgment under appeal, since the General Court did not cancel the ‘F1’ word mark, but simply found that the relevant public perceives the ‘F1’ element in the trade mark ‘F1-LIVE’ as a generic term. It adds that the use for descriptive purposes of the term ‘F1’ is allowed, since such use of an element cannot be challenged under trade mark law (Cases C-100/02 Gerolsteiner Brunnen [2004] ECR I-691, paragraph 19, and C-48/05 Adam Opel [2007] ECR I-1017, paragraphs 42 and 43).
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