CELEX: C2005/296/60
Language: en
Date: 2005-11-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-339/05: Action brought on  9 September 2005  — MacLean-Fogg/OHIM

26.11.2005   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 296/28
            
         Action brought on 9 September 2005 — MacLean-Fogg/OHIM
   (Case T-339/05)
   (2005/C 296/60)
   Language of the case: English
   Parties
   
      Applicant(s): MacLean-Fogg Company (Mundelein, USA) [represented by: H. Eichmann, G. Barth, U. Blumenröder, C. Niklas-Falter, M. Kinkeldey, K. Brandt, A. Franke, U. Stephani, B. Allekotte, E. Bertram, K. Lochner, B. Ertle, C. Neuhierl, S. Prückner, C. Schmitt, B. Mehnert, P. Lübbe, S. Brötje, 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 First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs) in the case R 1122/2004-1 of June 20, 2005;
            
         
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               order the costs of the proceedings to be borne by the defendant.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: The word mark ‘LOKTHREAD’ for goods in class 6 (bolts, bolts of metal, nuts, nuts of metal) — application No 3 440 666
   
      Decision of the examiner: Refusal of the application for all goods
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Council Regulation No 40/94 as the trade mark has to be considered as a whole and not as composed of two English words and thus possesses a minimum degree of distinctiveness.