Community trade mark Absolute ground for refusal Descriptive character Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 Application for the Community word mark Caipi
Sumário
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 23 October 2007.
Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark Caipi - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94.
Case T-405/04.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the Court of First Instance (First Chamber) of 23 October 2007 – Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM (Caipi)
(Case T-405/04)
Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark Caipi – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 38-39)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 August 2004 (Case R 912/2002-2) concerning the application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign Caipi. |
Information relating to the case
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Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
Borco-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG |
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Community trade mark sought: |
Word mark Caipi for products in Class 33 – Application No 2655667 |
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Decision of the Examiner: |
Refusal of registration |
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Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Appeal dismissed |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders the applicant to pay the costs. |