Ichthyol trotz lexikalischer Hinterlegung weder freihaltebedürftig, irreführend noch beschreibend für das chemische Produkt.

A Lithuanian company has failed to have the Community trade mark ICHTHYOL, owned by a German chemicals company, declared invalid. Ichthyol-Gesellschaft Cordes, Hermanni & Co. (GmbH & Co.) KG, applied for a CTM for ICHTHYOL in 1996 and the word mark was subsequently registered in 1998. The company had national registrations for all 15 member …