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EUGH: THREEDIMENSIONAL BRAND – EXISTING SIGN OF TRADEMARKS, REGISTRATION BARRIER (EUGH 16.09.2015, C-215/14, SOCIÉTÉ DES PRODUITS NESTLÉ)

October 12th, 2015

The EU established some registration barriers to work against the registration of technical manufacturing possibilities. The applicant of a trademark must be able to prove that the features he wants to register are only attributable to his way of manufacturing so that the origin of the product can be clearly identifiable.