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SIGN

The definition of a sign is wide. The second part of the definition provides examples of the many
varieties of signs that could exist.

E.g. Tesco, Asda, Waitrose

Case C-321/03 Dyson Ltd v Registrar of Trade Mark [2007] 2 CMLR 14

Q: Whether ‘a transparent bin or collection chamber forming part of the external surface of the vacuum
cleaner’ came within the scope of the meaning of a sign?

ECJ:. mark was not specific; abstract concept; not capable of being perceived by the 5 senses.