CELEX: C2004/239/40
Language: en
Date: 2004-09-25 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘bestpartner’ — Absolute grounds for refusing registration — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Descriptive mark)

25.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 239/20
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   of 8 July 2004
   in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Word mark ‘bestpartner’ - Absolute grounds for refusing registration - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Mark devoid of distinctive character - Descriptive mark)
   (2004/C 239/40)
   Language of the case: German
   In Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG, established in Heidelberg (Germany), represented by W. Göpfert, lawyer, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: G. Schneider) — action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 June 2002 (Case R 206/2002-3) refusing to register the word mark ‘bestpartner’ — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N.J. Forwood, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, acting for the Registrar, has given a judgment in which it:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the application;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 274 of 9.11.2002.