01 February 2013
Spectrum Brands (UK) Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-544/11, [2013] All ER (D) 156 (Jan)
For a sign to be caught by the prohibition set out in s 7(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) 207/2009 (on the Community trade mark), there should be a sufficiently direct and specific relationship between the sign and the goods or services in question to enable the public concerned immediately to perceive, without further thought, a description of the goods and services in question or one of their characteristics.
