Inschrijving "FORTIFY" terecht afgewezen: beschrijvend voor versterken computersysteem
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Merkenrecht. Beroep tegen de weigering tot inschrijving van het woordmerk ,,FORTIFY” voor waren van klasse 9.
Het beroep wordt verworpen. Het woordmerk ‘FORTIFY’ is beschrijvend voor het versterken van een computersysteem.
25. The Board of Appeal was correct in finding that the term ‘fortify’ designated an intended purpose of the goods concerned, namely to strengthen or reinforce a computer system.
26. Thus, by means of software dedicated, inter alia, to detecting vulnerabilities and preventing hacking of or attacks on computer programs and software systems, the operation or performance of a computer system is improved and that system may be regarded as ‘fortified’. Therefore, when faced with the goods covered by the trade mark application, the relevant public will immediately and without further reflection perceive the intended purpose.
27. The Board of Appeal was therefore fully entitled to conclude that the mark applied for was descriptive of the goods in question for the purposes of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009.
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