CELEX: C2004/300/11
Language: en
Date: 2004-12-04 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 7 October 2004 in Case C-136/02 P: Mag Instrument Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Appeal — Community trade mark — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Three-dimensional torch shapes — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character)

4.12.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 300/6
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
   
   (Second Chamber)
   of 7 October 2004
   in Case C-136/02 P: Mag Instrument Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (1)
   
   (Appeal - Community trade mark - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Three-dimensional torch shapes - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character)
   (2004/C 300/11)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case C-136/02 P: Appeal under Article 49 of the EC Statute of the Court of Justice, lodged at the Court on 8 April 2002, Mag Instrument Inc. established in Ontario, California (United States of America) (Agents: initially A. Nette, G. Rahn, W. von der Osten-Sacken and H. Stratmann, and subsequently W. von der Osten-Sacken, U. Hocke and A. Spranger, Rechtsanwälte), the other party to the proceedings being: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (Agent: D. Schennen) — the Court (Second Chamber), composed of: C.W.A. Timmermans, President of the Chamber, C. Gulmann, J.-P. Puissochet, J.N. Cunha Rodrigues and F. Macken (Rapporteur), Judges; D. Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, Advocate General; L. Hewlett, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 7 October 2004, in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the appeal;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mag Instrument Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 144 of 15.6.2002.