CELEX: 62007TA0023
Language: en
Date: 2009-04-29 00:00:00
Title: Case T-23/07: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 April 2009 — BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM (α) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark α — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

20.6.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 141/38
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 29 April 2009 — BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen v OHIM (α)
   (Case T-23/07) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark α - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   2009/C 141/78
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Wolter, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: M. Kicia, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 November 2006 (Case R 808/2006-4), concerning the registration as a Community trade mark of the figurative sign α
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 30 November 2006 (Case R 808/2006-4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the second head of claim of BORCO-Marken-Import Matthiesen GmbH & Co. KG;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69, 24.3.2007.