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MONDAY, 5 MARCH 2012
Switzerland: NORMA descriptive for ... everything under the sun
Posted by: Mark Schweizer @ 19.46
Tags: Switzerland, absolute grounds of refusal,
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Switzerland: NORMA descriptive for ... everything under the sun
The Federal Administrative Court confirmed. The applicant argued in vain that NORMA was a female first name (we all know Norma Jeane Baker). For the Court, the meaning of "norm" was dominant, in particular because in Italian, NORMA means "norm". That the Italian NORMA is a noun and not an adjective did not bar a finding of descriptiveness.
The decision of 20 February 2012 once again confirms the strict Swiss practice re descriptiveness (the decision could be appealed to the Supreme Court and is not yet final).
Posted by: Mark Schweizer @ 19.46
Tags: Switzerland, absolute grounds of refusal,
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