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Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

     9 October 2002

in Case T-36/01: Glaverbel v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)(1)

    (Community trade mark ( Regulation (EC) No 40/94 ( Design applied to the surface of goods ( Absolute ground for refusal ( Distinctive character ( Right to a hearing)

    (Language of the case: English)

In Case T-36/01, Glaverbel, established in Brussels (Belgium), represented by S. Möbus, lawyer, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. di Carlo and G. Schneider): 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 30 November 2000 (Case R 137/2000-1), the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of: R.M. Moura Ramos, President, J. Pirrung and A.W.H. Meij, Judges; J. Palacio González, Administrator, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 9 October 2002, in which it:

1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 30 November 2000 (Case R 137/2000-1);

2.Orders the Office to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the applicant.

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1 - OJ C 118 of 21.4.2001