Judgment_paragraph 86 · Compagnie des montres Longines, Francillon SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (T-505/12)

86In that regard, even if those references were held to be admissible, it must be borne in mind that it is apparent from settled case-law that national decisions on registrations in the Member States and, by analogy those cancelling or refusing registration, are only factors which may be taken into consideration, without being given decisive weight, in the registration of a Community trade mark. The same considerations apply to the case-law of the courts of the Member States (see, to that effect, judgment of 16 February 2000 in Procter & Gamble v OHIM (Shape of a soap), T‑122/99, ECR, EU:T:2000:39, paragraph 61, and judgment of 19 September 2001 in Henkel v OHIM (Round red and white tablet), T‑337/99, ECR, EU:T:2001:221, paragraph 58). That case-law, which was established in the context of the absolute grounds for refusal, is applicable, by analogy, in respect of the relative grounds for refusal of registration.