Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 October 2000 in Case T-345/99: Harbinger Corporation v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — The term TRUSTEDLINK — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Date: 2001-04-07
Institutions: Court of First Instance
Subjects: EU law, European Union Intellectual Property Office, action for annulment (EU), software

C 108/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

7.4.2001

4. Dismisses the remainder of the application;

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

5. Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market

(Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs.

of 26 October 2000

(1) OJ C 6 of 8.1.2000.

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 26 October 2000

in Case T-345/99: Harbinger Corporation v Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark — The term TRUSTEDLINK —
Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation
(EC) No 40/94)

(2001/C 108/30)

(Language of the case: English)

In Case T-345/99: Harbinger Corporation, established in
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, represented by
R. Collin, M.-C. Mitchell and E´ . Logeais, of the Paris Bar, with
an address for service in Luxembourg at the Chambers of
Decker and Braun, 16 Avenue Marie-Thérèse, against Office
for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: J. Miranda de Sousa and A. Di Carlo
) — application for annulment of the decision of 17 September
the Office for
1999 of
Harmonisation in the Internal Market
(Trade Marks and
Designs) (Case R 163/1998-3) refusing the registration of the
term TRUSTEDLINK as a Community trade mark — the Court
of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: V. Tiili,
President, R.M. Moura Ramos and P. Mengozzi,
Judges;
G. Herzig, Administrator,
for the Registrar, has given a
judgment on 26 October 2000, in which it:

the Third Board of Appeal of

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 63 of 4.3.2000.

in Case T-360/99: Community Concepts AG v Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks and
designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark — ‘Investorworld’ — Absolute
ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character)

(2001/C 108/31)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-360/99: Community Concepts AG, formerly Touch-
down Gesellschaft
für erfolgsorientiertes Marketing mbH,
established in Munich, Germany, represented by F. Bahr and
F. Cordt-Terzi, of the Munich Bar, with an address for service
in Luxembourg at the Chambers of N. Decker, 16 Avenue
Marie-Thérèse, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
Market (trade marks and designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von
Mühlendahl, D. Schennen, and E. Joly) — application for
annulment of the decision of the third Board of Appeal of the
Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks
and designs) of 15 October 1999 (Case R 204/1999-3) refusing
registration of the word ‘Investorworld’ as a Community trade
mark — the Court of First
Instance (Fourth Chamber),
composed of: V. Tiili, President, R.M. Moura Ramos and
P. Mengozzi, Judges; G. Herzig, Administrator, for the Regis-
trar, has given a judgment on 26 October 2000 in which it:

1. Dismisses the application;

2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

(1) OJ C 102 of 8.4.00.

ORDER OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 28 November 2000

in Case T-172/99: Francesca Pentericci v Commission of
the European Communities (1)

(Competition — Non-admission to the tests — Conditions
of admission — Professional experience — Candidate’s file
— Action manifestly unfounded in law)

(2001/C 108/32)

(Language of the case: Italian)

In Case T-172/99: Francesca Pentericci, residing at Jesi (Italy),
represented by M. Pentericci, of the Ancona Bar, with an