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THURSDAY, 14 AUGUST 2008
OHIM Board of Appeal cancels five World Cup 2006 CTMs
In five decisions which, as of tonight, had not yet been posted on the OHIM Board of Appeal web pages, Ferrero oHG mbH has been successful in its applications to annul the decisions of the Cancellation Division and to have five Community trade marks owned by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa) declared invalid for descriptiveness and lack of distinctive character. The five marks are (i) WORLD CUP 2006, (ii) GERMANY 2006, (iii) WM 2006 (WM being the German word Weltmeisterschaft, meaning World Cup or Championship), (iv) WORLD CUP GERMANY and (v) WORLD CUP 2006 GERMANY. The cases -- which were not joined -- are numbered R 1466 to 1470/2005-1.
A longer account of these decisions may be found here
Update on 4 December 2008.
There are following decisions available in PDF files:
R1469/2005-1, WORLD CUP GERMANY.
R1470/2005-1, WORLD CUP 2006 GERMANY.
R1466/2005-1, WORLD CUP 2006.
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