Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

     12 December 2002

in Case T-247/01: eCopy Inc v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)(¹)

    (Community trade mark ( ECOPY ( Misuse of powers ( Distinctiveness acquired through use after the date of filing ( Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

    (Language of the case: English)

In Case T-247/01, eCopy Inc, established in Nashua, New Hampshire (United States), represented by B. Reid, Barrister, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: E. Joly): Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 13 July 2001 (Case R 47/2001-1) relating to registration of the word ECOPY as a Community trade mark, the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of: M. Vilaras, President, V. Tiili and P. Mengozzi, Judges; J. Plingers, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 12 December 2002, in which it:

1.Dismisses the application;

2.Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 17 of 19.1.2002