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Ford Motor Co v OHIM [2008] E.C.R. II-3411

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 07:13

Judgement for the case Ford Motor Co v OHIM

Table Of Contents

  • Ford sought to register mark ‘OPTIONS’ as Community Trademark (CTM).

  • Was rejected as lacking distinctiveness in England and France, but Ford pointed to evidence of acquired distinctiveness in England.

Held

  • CTMs are unitary

    • Therefore to be registered, any CTM must be equally distinctive across EU.

  • Does not suffice that mark has acquired distinctiveness in a substantial part of the Community

  • On facts, Even if it had acquired distinctiveness in English, ‘OPTIONS’ was not distinctive in France

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