{"id":1360,"date":"2021-01-05T11:57:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patguard.de\/eng\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2021-01-05T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:59:36","slug":"madelsabend-no-distinctiveness-for-sweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patguard.de\/eng\/madelsabend-no-distinctiveness-for-sweets\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;M\u00c4DELSABEND&#8217; \u2013 No Distinctiveness for Sweets?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1360\" class=\"elementor elementor-1360\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcf49ce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default exad-glass-effect-no rael-particle-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"fcf49ce\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;rae_animations_entrance&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c4553f exad-glass-effect-no rael-particle-no exad-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5c4553f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123b47f exad-sticky-section-no exad-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123b47f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">At the core of the decision &#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217; is the demarcation from the decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;#darferdas?&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> of June 21, 2018 (BGH I ZB 61\/17) and January 30, 2020 (BGH I ZB 61\/17) as well as the related preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of September 12, 2019 (EuGH C-541\/18, EuGH preliminary ruling).<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">In the course of this appeal decision, the German Federal Patent Court (BPatG) had to decide whether the sign <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> (Girls\u2018\u00a0Evening) was eligible for registration for the following goods: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8220;confectionery; fruit gums; foam sugar; liquorice; chewy sweets&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">. The requested goods are marketed in a tubular bag packaging printed with the graphically highlighted designation &#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217;.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Registration had previously been refused by two decisions of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA) in the registration and reminder procedures due to lack of distinctiveness under Section\u00a08 (2) No. 1 MarkenG (Trademark Law). The BPatG has now confirmed these decisions in the appeal also on the grounds of lack of distinctiveness:<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Distinctiveness within the meaning of Section\u00a08 (2) No. 1 MarkenG is the (concrete) ability of a sign to be perceived by the relevant public as an indication of commercial origin. The main function of a trademark is to guarantee the identity of origin of the goods and services in question. In the assessment of the grounds for refusal, the perception of the relevant domestic public is decisive, namely the perception of the average consumer who is normally informed and reasonably observant and circumspect. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Lack of distinctiveness shall be presumed where <\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">the relevant consuming public, in connection with the goods and services claimed, associates with the sign only a descriptive conceptual content that is predominant.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">the sequence of words of a claimed sign, either on its own or in connection with product-descriptive indications, contains only recommendations and promotional statements of a general nature.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><ul><li><p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">the details of a sign refer to circumstances which, although not directly relevant to the goods and services claimed, establish a close descriptive link with the goods and services concerned.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">According to the Federal Patent Court, the trademark applied for is devoid of distinctive character, at least with regard to the latter aspect: The term &#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217; is a composite of the two nouns &#8216;M\u00e4dels&#8217; \u2013 colloquially for girls \u2013 and &#8216;Abend&#8217; \u2013 evening \u2013 in the German language, which is immediately understandable and as such can be lexically proven. The term refers in a casual manner to a friendly get-together of women in the evening. In the Senate&#8217;s view, it can be left open whether the consumption of alcoholic beverages is in the foreground at such a meeting. (The appellant had stated that the (associative) factual connection indicated by the Trademark Office could only be assumed \u2013 if at all \u2013 because of advertising, etc. with &#8216;alcoholic beverages&#8217;.) Apart from the choice of drinks, it is particularly common at such gatherings to offer and consume sweets and munchies. On that basis, the relevant public will immediately and without further reflection understand the requested designation in connection with the goods claimed as an indication that the goods so designated are intended and suitable for consumption at a &#8216;girls&#8217; evening&#8217;. Moreover, the designation could be understood as an indication that the goods so designated are particularly suitable as a guest gift or souvenir for a &#8216;girls&#8217; evening&#8217;. This was also confirmed by the BPatG through various relevant research results.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">Furthermore, the BPatG has made a clear differentiation from the <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;#darferdas?&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> decisions of the BGH and the related preliminary ruling of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) (see above): <br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The BPatG pointed out that the factual starting position of the matter to be decided here was fundamentally different from that of <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;#darferdas?&#8217;.<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> The slogan <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;#darferdas?&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> had been registered for goods in Class 25, namely <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8220;articles of clothing, in particular T-shirts; footwear, headgear&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">The BPatG had already stated on the question of protectability of the slogan that neither a descriptive content in relation to the goods claimed could be inferred from the mark applied for, nor was it apparent that there was a close descriptive connection to the goods applied for. Nor is it obviously a question of such an advertising slogan or a general promotional statement, which is understood exclusively as sales promotion, or only as a statement with a generally understandable positive connotation \u2013 which is therefore always devoid of distinctive character. In the context of the referral to the CJEU, the focus was rather on the question whether, in addition to the most probable form of use, other practically significant and obvious forms of use should also be taken into account when assessing distinctiveness. In the case of clothing, the sign could be used not only, for example, as a front print, but also on the sewn-in label on the inside. With such a label design, the public would normally expect an indication of origin.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">In summary, the case-law of the CJEU and the BGH could be understood to mean that the protectability of a sign can be affirmed if it is affixed to the goods where the public usually expects an indication of origin to be affixed and therefore understands it there as an indication of origin. However, according to the BPatG, this should not be understood to mean that this applies independently of the concrete sign. The aforementioned presumption is precisely not applicable to signs which belong to the usual groups of cases in which distinctiveness per se must be denied. Any other interpretation would amount <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>contra legem<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"> to the removal of the ground of refusal for lack of distinctiveness. The assumption that a sign which is descriptive of a product within the meaning of Section\u00a08 (2) No. 1 MarkenG and is therefore not distinctive could acquire distinctiveness through the concrete nature of its use alone cannot, in the opinion of the BPatG, be based either on the decision of the CJEU or on that of the BGH on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;#darferdas?&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">In the case of the sign <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><i>&#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217;<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">, however, according to the Court of First Instance, it was precisely a &#8216;normal&#8217; case group of a sign which already lacked (original) distinctiveness. Considerations on the concrete use of the sign on the product packaging and whether the public regularly expects an indication of origin at this point, for example in the case of fruit gums, were therefore excluded.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">German Federal Patent Court (BpatG), Reference No.: 25 W (pat) 29\/19<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><p class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: right;\" align=\"left\"><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\">January 5, 2021<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span lang=\"en-GB\"><br \/>Sabine R\u00f6hler<br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Attorney at Law<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the core of the decision &#8216;M\u00e4delsabend&#8217; is the demarcation from the decisions of the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) on &#8216;#darferdas?&#8217; of June 21, 2018 (BGH I ZB 61\/17) and January 30, 2020 (BGH I ZB 61\/17) as well as the related preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_front_end_style_editor":"no","ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;M\u00c4DELSABEND&#039; \u2013 No Distinctiveness for Sweets? 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