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Aug 16, 2010
Maite Ferrándiz, Grau & Angulo Abogados, Spain
Jana Salvador, Grau & Angulo Abogados, Spain

The Barcelona Court of Appeal recognizes the three-dime...


Maite Ferrándiz, Grau & Angulo Abogados, Spain, Jana Salvador, Grau & Angulo Abogados, SpainOn 29 March 2009 the Barcelona Court of Appeal passed a judgement upholding the claims of FLAMAGAS, S.A. regarding the infringement of its three-dimensional trade mark, which consists of the shape of its lighter “CLIPPER” (trade mark nº 2012203, class 34), reproduced below:

The judgment rejects the invalidity allegation brought by the defendant EUROESTANCO Y EUROBEBIDAS, S.A. (EUROESTANCO) against said three-dimensional trade mark. This judgement is interesting because, besides revising the ECJ case law regarding likelihood of confusion and unfair advantage of other trademarks´ reputation, it also deeply analyzes some of the grounds of refusal for not allowing a three-dimensional shape to be registered as a trade mark.  read more