Duty of examining a mark in the registration stage – judgement of the EU Court in the case of Indeutsch International, Case T-20/16
On 15 February 2010, the company M/S. Indeutsch International (Applicant) filed figurative EU trademark:
for “knitting needles” and “crochet hooks” belonging to the 26th class of the Nice Classification. EUIPO registered the aforementioned mark, however an application for declaration of invalidity of the trademark in question was filed on the basis of the lack of distinctive character of the registered sign.