Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 4.12.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 300/16 |

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Second Chamber)

of 21 October 2004

in Case C-447/02 P: KWS Saat AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2004300EN.01001601-E0001)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Colour per se - Orange colour)

(2004/C 300/31)

Language of the case: German

In Case C-447/02 P: appeal under Article 49 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice, lodged on 11 December 2002 by KWS Saat AG, established in Einbeck (Germany) (represented by C. Rohnke), the other party to the proceedings being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: D. Schennen and G. Schneider) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, N. Colneric and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 October 2004, in which it:

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| 1. | dismisses the appeal; |

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| 2. | orders KWS Saat AG to pay the costs. |

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