Press Release: Judgments in Cases T-336/08, T-337/08, T-346/08 and T-395/08. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG v OHIM and in Case T-13/09 August Storck KG v OHIM

The shape of a chocolate rabbit or reindeer with a red ribbon cannot be registered as a Community trade mark. Those shapes and those of a small bell with a red ribbon, a chocolate rabbit and a chocolate mouse are devoid of any distinctive character.