Делото се отнася до заявка за регистрация като марка на Общността на знак, съдържащ елемент, който е описателен на немски език, и елемент, който е отличителен.
The case concerned an application to register as a Community trade mark a sign comprising an element which was descriptive in German and a distinctive element; the earlier national mark, which consisted solely of the German descriptive element, was registered in Spain, where it was not descriptive.