Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-30/15 P Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

In the Opinion announced on the 25 May 2016, ECJ Advocate General Szpunar considered that the EU trade mark representing the shape of a Rubik’s Cube must be declared invalid, as the essential characteristics of the contested sign – the shape of a cube and the grid structure –are necessary to perform the technical function inherent in the product concerned.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Judgment in Case T-450/09. Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG v OHIM http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-judgment-in-case-t-450-09-simba-toys-gmbh-co-kg-v-ohim/

ESO: Background information: Rubik's Cube – celebrating 40 years of European ingenuity http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-rubiks-cube-celebrating-40-years-of-european-ingenuity/

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