Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 8.11.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 285/38 |

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 16 September 2008 — ratiopharm v OHIM (BioGeneriX)

(Case T-47/07)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2008285EN.01003802-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark BioGeneriX - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 285/69)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: ratiopharm GmbH (Ulm, Germany) (represented first by Rechtsanwalt S. Völker, and then by S. Völker and A. Schabenberger, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 December 2006 (Case R 1047/2004-4) concerning an application for registration of the word mark BioGenerix as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action. |

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| 2. | Orders ratiopharm GmbH to pay the costs. |

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