Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 27 April 2010.#Freixenet, SA v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Community trade mark - Application for a Community trade mark representing a frosted black matt bottle - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(1)(b) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Obligation to state reasons - Rights of the defence - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009).#Case T-110/08.

ECLI:EU:T:2010:163Eu Chamb 03 TApr 27, 2010