CELEX: C2005/281/39
Language: en
Date: 2005-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-320/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2005 — Citicorp v OHIM (Community trade mark — Word mark LIVE RICHLY — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Right to be heard — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94)

12.11.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 281/21
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2005 — Citicorp v OHIM
   (Case T-320/03) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Word mark LIVE RICHLY - Absolute grounds for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Right to be heard - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94)
   (2005/C 281/39)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant(s): Citicorp (New York, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and A. Pohlmann, lawyers)
   
      Defendant(s): Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen, P. Bullock and A. von Mühlendahl, Agents)
   Application for
   annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 June 2003 (Case R 85/2002-3), concerning an application to register the word mark LIVE RICHLY as a Community trade mark
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders the applicant to bear its own costs, in addition to one half of the costs incurred by the defendant;
            
         
               3)
            
            
               Orders the defendant to bear one half of its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 275, 15.11.2003.