ECLI:EU:T:2003:328

«(Community trade mark – Three-dimensional mark – Shape of a bottle – Absolute grounds for refusal – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)» Summary of the Judgment Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Signs devoid of any distinctive character – Three-dimensional mark – Shape of a bottle designed as packaging for the products referred to in the trade mark application(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber)3 December 2003 (1) ((Community trade mark – Three-dimensional mark – Shape of a bottle – Absolute grounds for refusal – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)) applicant, v defendant, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Fourth Chamber), having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 10 July 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Fourth Chamber), Tiili Mengozzi Vilaras H. Jung V. Tiili Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: French.