CELEX: C2006/074/36
Language: en
Date: 2006-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-398/04: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of  17 January 2006  — Henkel v OHIM (Community trade mark — Figurative mark — Red and white rectangular tablet with an oval blue centre — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Absence of distinctive character)

25.3.2006   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 74/18
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 January 2006 — Henkel v OHIM
   (Case T-398/04) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Figurative mark - Red and white rectangular tablet with an oval blue centre - Absolute ground for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Absence of distinctive character)
   (2006/C 74/36)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties:
   
      Applicant: Henkel KGaA (Dusseldorf, Germany) (represented by: C. Osterrieth, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially D. Schennen, subsequently D. Schennen and G. Schneider, Agents)
   Action
   brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 August 2004 (Case R 771/1999-2), in relation to the registration of a figurative mark consisting of the representation of a rectangular tablet
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 19, 22.1.2005.