Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 7.5.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 139/10 |

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Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 March 2011 — Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

(Case C-51/10 P)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011139EN.01001001-E0001)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Sign composed exclusively of numerals - Application for registration of the sign ‘1000’ as a mark in respect of brochures, periodicals and newspapers - Allegedly descriptive character of that sign - Criteria for the application of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Obligation on OHIM to take into account its previous decision-making practice)

2011/C 139/15

Language of the case: English

Parties

Appellant: Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. (represented by: A. von Mühlendahl, Rechtsanwalt)

Other party to the proceedings: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 19 November 2009 in Case T-298/06 Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol v OHIM by which that Court dismissed an action for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) of 7 August 2006 in Case R 447/2006-4 dismissing the appeal against the examiner’s decision refusing to register the word mark ‘1000’ for goods and services in Classes 16, 28 and 41 — Infringement of Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the appeal; |

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| 2. | Orders Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. to pay the costs. |

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