CELEX: 62008TA0075
Language: en
Date: 2009-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-75/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — JOOP! v OHIM (!) (Community trade mark — Application for registration of a figurative Community trade mark representing an exclamation mark — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

21.11.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/43
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 September 2009 — JOOP! v OHIM (!)
   (Case T-75/08) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for registration of a figurative Community trade mark representing an exclamation mark - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b), (c) and 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2009/C 282/81
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: JOOP! GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: H. Schmidt-Hollburg, W. Möllering, A. Löhde, H. Leo, A. Witte, T. Frank, A. Theil, H.-P. Rühland, B. Willers and T. Rein, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 November 2007 (Case R 1134/2007-1) relating to an application for registration of a figurative sign as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders JOOP! GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 107, 26.4.2008.