28The correct application of that ground for refusal requires that the authority deciding on the application for registration of the sign, first, properly identify the essential characteristics of the three-dimensional sign at issue and, second, establish whether they perform a technical function of the product concerned (see, by analogy, judgments of 14 September 2010, Lego Juris v OHIM, C‑48/09 P, EU:C:2010:516, paragraphs 68, 72 and 84, and of 10 November 2016, Simba Toys v EUIPO, C‑30/15 P, EU:C:2016:849, paragraphs 40 and 42).
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