CELEX: 62008TN0346
Language: en
Date: 2008-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-346/08: Action brought on 25 August 2008 — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli v OHIM (Representation of a small bell with a red ribbon)

11.10.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 260/18
            
         Action brought on 25 August 2008 — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli v OHIM (Representation of a small bell with a red ribbon)
   (Case T-346/08)
   (2008/C 260/33)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (Kilchberg, Switzerland) (represented by: R. Lange, E. Schalast and G. Hild, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   Form of order sought
   
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               annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 13 June 2008 (Appeal Case R 943/2007-4); and
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: A three-dimensional mark, representing a small bell with a red ribbon, for goods in Class 30 (Application No 4 770 831).
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal.
   
      Pleas in law: Breach of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1), as the mark applied for has the necessary distinctive character and its availability does not have to be preserved.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).