Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 20.11.2004 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 284/16 |

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JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 14 September 2004

in Case T-183/03: Applied Molecular Evolution Inc v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2004284EN.01001603-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Word mark APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Descriptive sign)

(2004/C 284/34)

Language of the case: English

In Case T-183/03: Applied Molecular Evolution Inc., established in San Diego, California (United States), represented by A. Deutsch, laywer, and by M. Weber-Quitzau, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: H. Nokkanen and A. Folliard-Monguiral) — action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 March 2003 (Case R 108/2002-2) upholding the refusal to register APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION as a word mark — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N. J. Forwood, Judges; I. Natsinas, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 September 2004, in which it:

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| 1. | Dismisses the application; |

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| 2. | Orders the applicant to pay the costs. |

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