CELEX: C2004/300/08
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 21 October 2004 in Case C-64/02 P: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), v Erpo Möbelwerk GmbH (Appeal — Community trade mark — Phrase DAS PRINZIP DER BEQUEMLICHKEIT — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

4.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/5
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 21 October 2004
   in Case C-64/02 P: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), v Erpo Möbelwerk GmbH (1)
   
   (Appeal - Community trade mark - Phrase DAS PRINZIP DER BEQUEMLICHKEIT - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2004/C 300/08)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-64/02 P: appeal under Article 49 of the Statute of the Court of Justice, brought on 27 February 2002, between Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl and G. Schneider), supported by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Agent: P. Ormond, C. Jackson, M. Bethell and M. Tappin, assisted by D. Alexander), the other party to the proceedings being: Erpo Möbelwerk GmbH (Lawyers: S. von Petersdorff-Campen and H. von Rohr) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: C.W.A. Timmermans (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, R. Schintgen and J.N. Cunha Rodrigues, Judges; M. Poiares Maduro, Advocate General; M. Múgica Arzamendi, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 21 October 2004, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 109 of 4.5.2002.