Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 24.1.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 19/27 |

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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 November 2008 — Avon Products OHIM (ANEW ALTERNATIVE)

(Case T-184/07)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2009019EN.01002701-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark ANEW ALTERNATIVE - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2009/C 19/50)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Avon Products, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: C. Heitmann-Lichtenstein and U. Stelzenmüller, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially by S. Laitinen and P. Bullock, and subsequently by G. Schneider, Agents)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2007 (Case R 1471/2006 2), concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word mark ANEW ALTERNATIVE.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Avon Products, Inc. to pay the costs. |

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