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“Glucose Tablets” (Traubenzuckertäfelchen)

“Glucose Tablets” (Traubenzuckertäfelchen) 1. Only such designs are technically determined and excluded from trade mark protection pursuant to Sec. 3(2), No. 2, of the Trade Mark Act in which the result obtained by the shape is of a technical nature. If an essential feature of the shape conveys merely taste, sight or haptic sensory impressions, therein lie results in the non-technical field, so that the absolute ground for refusal of protection is not triggered. 2. In the cancellation procedure, the three grounds for refusal listed in Sec. 3(2) of the Trade Mark Act do not comprise a uniform matter in dispute. The Federal Patent Court therefore may not examine ex officio a ground for refusal not asserted by the party requesting cancellation. … http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law Springer Journals

“Glucose Tablets” (Traubenzuckertäfelchen)

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 by Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
Subject
Law; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law
ISSN
0018-9855
eISSN
2195-0237
DOI
10.1007/s40319-018-0716-0
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1. Only such designs are technically determined and excluded from trade mark protection pursuant to Sec. 3(2), No. 2, of the Trade Mark Act in which the result obtained by the shape is of a technical nature. If an essential feature of the shape conveys merely taste, sight or haptic sensory impressions, therein lie results in the non-technical field, so that the absolute ground for refusal of protection is not triggered. 2. In the cancellation procedure, the three grounds for refusal listed in Sec. 3(2) of the Trade Mark Act do not comprise a uniform matter in dispute. The Federal Patent Court therefore may not examine ex officio a ground for refusal not asserted by the party requesting cancellation. …

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IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law – Springer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 2018

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