CELEX: 62007TJ0200
Language: en
Date: 2009-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 19 November 2009. # Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Applications for Community word marks 222, 333 and 555 - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Joined cases T-200/07 to T-202/07.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 19 November 2009 – Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol v OHIM (222, 333
            and 555)
      (Joined Cases T-200/07 to T-202/07)
      Community trade mark – Applications for Community word marks 222, 333 and 555 – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation
         No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 26-32)
      
      Re:
      
         
               Three actions brought against the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2007 (Cases R 1276/2006-4, R
                  1277/2006-4 and R 1278/2006-4), concerning the applications for registration of the word marks 222, 333 and 555 as Community
                  trade marks.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o.
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word marks 222, 333 and 555 for products in Class 16 
            
         
               Decision of the Examiner:
            
            
               Registrations refused
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeals dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the actions;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.