Not indispensable or important to wear to accompany
Gerecht EU, 24 maart 2010, zaken T-363/08 en T-364/08, 2nine Ltd tegn Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc.
Gemeenschapsmerken. Oppositieprocedures tegen aanvragen beeldmerk NOLLI o.g.v. oudere nationale en internationale woordmerk NOLI. Opposities gedeeltelijk toegewezen (o.a. parfum) en gedeeltelijk afgewezen: accessoires en kleding zijn geen soortgelijke of complementaire waren.
36. In that regard, the Court has already held that eyewear, jewellery and watches are not similar or complementary to items of clothing since the relationship between those goods is too indirect to be regarded as conclusive (Case T-116/06, O STORE). The same is true of ‘barrettes, hair pins, hair clips, hair scrunchies’, which it is not indispensable or important to wear to accompany ‘clothing, footwear, headgear’. Although it is true that the selection of a specific item from among such goods for hair may be influenced by the wish to create a harmonious whole with clothing, the fact remains that, according to the case-law, the search for a certain aesthetic harmony in clothing is a common feature in the entire fashion and clothing sector and is too general a factor to justify, by itself, a finding that all the goods concerned are complementary and, thus, similar (SISSI ROSSIand O STORE).
