Judgment_paragraph 44 · Fissler GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-423/18)

44Furthermore, although it is irrelevant whether such a characteristic is commercially essential or ancillary (judgment of 16 October 2014, GRAPHENE, T‑458/13, EU:T:2014:891, paragraph 20; see also, by analogy, judgment of 12 February 2004, Koninklijke KPN Nederland, C‑363/99, EU:C:2004:86, paragraph 102), a characteristic, within the meaning of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation 2017/1001, must nevertheless be ‘objective’ and ‘inherent to the nature of that product’ or service (judgment of 6 September 2018, Bundesverband Souvenir — Geschenke — Ehrenpreise v EUIPO, C‑488/16 P, EU:C:2018:673, paragraph 44) and ‘intrinsic and permanent’ with regard to that product or service (judgments of 23 October 2015, Geilenkothen Fabrik für Schutzkleidung v OHIM (Cottonfeel), T‑822/14, not published, EU:T:2015:797, paragraph 32; of 5 July 2016, Bundesverband Souvenir — Geschenke — Ehrenpreise v EUIPO — Freistaat Bayern (NEUSCHWANSTEIN), T‑167/15, not published, EU:T:2016:391, paragraph 30; and of 11 October 2018, fluo., T‑120/17, not published, EU:T:2018:672, paragraph 40).

Fissler GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office (T-423/18)

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