CELEX: 62008TN0395
Language: en
Date: 2008-09-22 00:00:00
Title: Case T-395/08: Action brought on 22 September 2008 — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli v OHIM (Shape of a chocolate rabbit)

6.12.2008   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 313/37
            
         Action brought on 22 September 2008 — Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli v OHIM (Shape of a chocolate rabbit)
   (Case T-395/08)
   (2008/C 313/68)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (Kilchberg, Switzerland) (represented by R. Lange, E. Schalast and G. Hild, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   Form of order sought
   
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               annul the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 18 July 2008 (Case No R 419/2008-4);
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the three-dimensional mark in the form of a chocolate rabbit for goods in Class 30 — Application No 3 664 372
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: The mark applied for is unusual, has the function of indicating origin and has the necessary distinctive character.