CELEX: C2001/259/14
Language: en
Date: 2001-09-15 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 7 June 2001 in Case T-359/99, Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV) v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark "EuroHealth" — Absolute ground for refusal — Article (7)(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

15.9.2001              EN                    Official Journal of the European Communities                                            C 259/9
    JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE                                 JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
                         of 14 June 2001                                                           of 7 June 2001
                                                                        in Case T-359/99, Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG
in Joined Cases T-357/99 and T-358/99 Telefon & Buch                    (DKV) v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market
VerlagsgmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal                               (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
       Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
                                                                        (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘EuroHealth’ —
(Community trade mark — Word marks UNIVERSALTELE-                       Absolute ground for refusal — Article (7)(1)(b) and (c) of
FONBUCH and UNIVERSALKOMMUNIKATIONSVERZ-                                                   Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
EICHNIS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive
  character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
                                                                                                  (2001/C 259/14)
                         (2001/C 259/13)
                                                                                           (Language of the case: German)
                  (Language of the case: German)
                                                                        In Case T-359/99, Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV),
                                                                        established in Cologne (Germany), represented by S. von
                                                                        Petersdorff-Campen, lawyer, with an address for service in
                                                                        Luxembourg, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal
In Joined Cases T-357/99 and T-358/99 Telefon & Buch                    Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: D. Schen-
VerlagsgmbH, established in Salzburg (Austria), represented by          nen and S. Bonne) — action brought against the decision of
H.G. Zeiner and B. Heaman-Dunn, lawyers, with an address                the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in
for service in Luxembourg, against Office for Harmonisation             the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 15 October
in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)                 1999 (Case R 19/1999-1), concerning the registration of the
(Agents: S. Bonne, A. von Mühlendahl and E. Joly) —                     word mark ‘EuroHealth’ as a Community trade mark — the
application for annulment of two decisions of the Third Board           Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of
of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal               A.W.H. Meij, President, A. Potocki and J. Pirrung, Judges;
Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 21 October 1999 in                  J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given
Cases R 351/1999-3 and R 352/1999-3 refusing registration               a judgment on 7 June 2001, in which it:
of the words UNIVERSALTELEFONBUCH and UNIVERSAL-
KOMMUNIKATIONSVERZEICHNIS as Community trade
marks — the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber),
composed of P. Mengozzi, President, V. Tiili and R.M. Moura             1.    Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office
Ramos, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the                   for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and
Registrar, has given a judgment on 14 June 2001, in which it:                 Designs) of 15 October 1999 (Case R 19/1999-1) in so far
                                                                              as it concerns services falling within the category of ‘financial
                                                                              affairs’;
1.    Dismisses the applications;
                                                                        2.    Dismisses the remainder of the appeal;
2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
                                                                        3.    Orders the parties to bear their own costs.
(1) OJ C 102 of 8.4.00.
                                                                        (1) OJ C 79 of 18.3.00.