Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.4.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 118/16 |

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Sixth Chamber)

of 29 April 2004

in Joined Cases C-473/01 P and C-474/01 P: Procter & Gamble Company v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2004118EN.01001601-E0001)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Article 7(1)b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Three-dimensional tablets for washing machine or dishwashers - Absolute ground for refusal to register - Distinctive character)

(2004/C 118/28)

Language of the case: English

In Joined Cases C-473/01 P and C-474/01 P: two appeals by Procter & Gamble Company, established in Cincinnati (United States) (Lawyers: C. van Nispen and G. Kuipers ) against the judgments of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (Second Chamber) of 19 September 2001 in Case T-128/00 Procter & Gamble v OHIM (square tablet with inlay) [2001] ECR II-2785 and Case T-129/00 Procter & Gamble v OHIM (rectangular tablet with inlay) [2001] ECR II-2793, seeking to have those judgments set aside in part, the other party to the proceedings being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: D. Schennen and C. Røhl Søberg) - the Court (Sixth Chamber), composed of: V. Skouris, acting as the President of the Sixth Chamber, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, J.-P. Puissochet, R. Schintgen and F. Macken (Rapporteur), Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 29 April 2004 in which it:

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| 1. | Dismisses the appeals; |

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| 2. | Orders Procter & Gamble Company to pay the costs. |

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