Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the applied-for watch-strap form was excluded from protection as common property or functional form.
Decisione estratta
The form was not excluded under the functional-form ground, but it did belong to the common stock of shapes.
Motivazione estratta
The shape was not technically necessary and did not define the essence of the goods, yet it did not depart from ordinary forms enough to create inherent distinctiveness; a single company's use does not by itself remove a shape from common property.