CELEX: C2007/095/78
Language: en
Date: 2007-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-230/05: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 March 2007 — Golf USA v OHIM (GOLF USA) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark GOLF USA — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character)

28.4.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 95/39
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 6 March 2007 — Golf USA v OHIM (GOLF USA)
   (Case T-230/05) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark GOLF USA - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character)
   (2007/C 95/78)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Golf USA Inc., established in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States)) (represented by: A. de Bosch Kemper-de Hilster, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen and G. Schneider, agents)
   Re:
   Action against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of (OHIM) of 25 April 2005 (R 823/2004-2) refusing the application to register the word mark GOLF USA
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 205, 20.8.2005.