Trade marks: lack of distinctiveness

The European Court of Justice has held that a three-dimensional mark comprising a bottle filled with yellow liquid and plugged with a slice of lemon was not registrable as a Community trade mark due to its lack of inherent and acquired distinctiveness.
Bird & Bird and PLC IP&IT

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