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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10023

20 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Trade mark “CANNABIS” cannot be registered for beverages containing hemp

Brussels, 19/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a ruling delivered on Thursday 19 November, the Court of First Instance decided that the term “CANNABIS” could not be registered as a Community trade mark, since it is one that the average consumer could interpret as a description of the product. This ruling upholds the decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) which, in 2003, declared invalid the registration of this trade mark obtained by Mr Giampetro Torresan (case...

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19 NOVEMBER 2009