CELEX: C2004/094/112
Language: en
Date: 2004-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance 28 January 2004 in Joined Cases T-146/02 to T-153/02: Deutsche SiSi-Werke GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

17.4.2004   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/39
            
         
      JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
   
   28 January 2004
   in Joined Cases T-146/02 to T-153/02: Deutsche SiSi-Werke GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Three-dimensional mark - Form of drinks packaging - Stand-up pouch - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Need to preserve a sign's availability)
   (2004/C 94/112)
   Language of the case: German
   In Joined Cases T-146/02 to T-153/02, Deutsche SiSi-Werke GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG, established in Eppelheim (Germany), represented by A. Franke, lawyer, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs), (Agent: G. Schneider): Actions brought against the decisions of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 28 February 2002 (Cases R 719/1999 2 to R 724/1999 2, R 747/1999 2 and R 748/1999 2) concerning the registration of three-dimensional trade marks (stand-up pouches), the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of N.J. Forwood, President, J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 28 January 2004, in which it:
   
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               Dismisses the actions;
            
         
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               Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 180 of 27.07.2002.