Court of Justice 23 January 2001, C-299/99 (Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV v Remington Consumer Products Ltd.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. In this case, the Court is requested to rule on the scope of the exclusion from trade mark registration of signs which consist exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result, provided for by the second indent of Article 3(1)(e) of the First Council Directive (89/104/EEC) of 21 December 1988 to