CELEX: 62007TJ0064
Language: en
Date: 2009-11-19 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 19 November 2009. # Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Applications for Community word marks 350, 250 and 150 - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Joined cases T-64/07 to T-66/07.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 19 November 2009 – Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol v OHIM (350, 250
            and 150)
      (Joined Cases T-64/07 to T-66/07)
      Community trade mark – Applications for Community word marks 350, 250 and 150 – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation
         No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 25-31)
      
      Re: 
      
         
               Three actions brought against the decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 21 December 2006 (Cases R 1033/2006-4,
                  R 1034/2006-4 and R 1035/2006-4) concerning applications for registration of word marks 350, 250 and 150 as Community trade
                  marks.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o.
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word marks 350, 250 and 150 for goods in Class 16
            
         
               Decision of the Examiner:
            
            
               Registrations refused
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeals dismissed
            
         
      Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the actions;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol sp. z o.o. to pay the costs.