CELEX: C2005/271/02
Language: en
Date: 2005-10-29 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 15 September 2005 in Case C-37/03 P: BioID AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Word and figurative mark — BioID — Absolute ground for refusal to register — Trade mark devoid of any distinctive character)

29.10.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 271/1
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Third Chamber)
   of 15 September 2005
   in Case C-37/03 P: BioID AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Community trade mark - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Word and figurative mark - BioID - Absolute ground for refusal to register - Trade mark devoid of any distinctive character)
   (2005/C 271/02)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-37/03 P: appeal under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice lodged at the Court on 3 February 2003 by BioID AG, established in Berlin (Germany), in judicial liquidation, (Rechtsanwalt: A. Nordemann), the other party to the proceedings being the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl and G. Schneider,) — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, J. P. Puissochet, S. von Bahr, J. Malenovský and A. Ó Caoimh (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; M. Ferreira, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 September 2005, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 5 December 2002 in Case T-91/01 BioID v OHIM (BioID) [2002] ECR II-5159;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 20 February 2001;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders the appellant to pay the costs of the proceedings at first instance and on appeal.
            
         
      (1)  OJ 70, 22.03.2003.