Court of Justice 6 July 2006, C-239/05 (BVBA Management, Training en Consultancy v Benelux-Merkenbureau.)

Opinion of the Advocate-General Opinion of the Advocate-General 1. The present reference from the Hof van Beroep (Court of Appeal), Brussels, which arises out of a refusal to register a trade mark, raises a number of questions of interpretation of Article 3 of the Trade Marks Directive. (2) The Trade Marks Directive 2.