CELEX: 62005TJ0462
Community trade mark
Application for a Community word mark IFS
Absolute grounds for refusal
Not descriptive
Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1) concerning
an application to register the word mark IFS as a Community trade mark.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
JTEKT Corp.
Community trade mark sought:
Word mark IFS for goods in Class 12 – Application No 3157492
Decision of the examiner:
Registration refused
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1);
2.
Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by JTEKT Corp.