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Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment

C‑421/13Apple Inc. v Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt

Decided
2014-07-10
ECLI
ECLI:EU:C:2014:2070
CELEX
62013CJ0421
Finality
Final, the decision cannot be appealed

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Reference for a preliminary ruling — Trade marks — Directive 2008/95/EC — Articles 2 and 3 — Signs capable of constituting a trade mark — Distinctive character — Representation, by design, of the layout of a flagship store — Registration as a trade mark for ‘services’ connected with the products on sale in such a store.

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    Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.

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