Ferrero SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) – WLR daily

Posted October 30th, 2009 in EC law, law reports, res judicata, trade marks by sally

Ferrero SpA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Case T-140/08); [2009] WLR (D) 308

“In proceedings concerning the alleged invalidity of a community trade mark, departments of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) are not bound by earlier final decisions in opposition proceedings, since no force of res judicata attaches to such decisions.”

WLR Daily, 29th October 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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