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Notice for the OJ

 

     JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

     25 September 2002

in Case T-316/00: Viking-Umwelttechnik GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)(1)

    (Community trade mark ( Colours (green and grey) ( Absolute ground for refusal ( Distinctive character ( Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

    (Language of the case: German)

In Case T-316/00, Viking-Umwelttechnik GmbH, established in Kufstein (Austria), represented by S. Völker, lawyer, v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl, E. Joly and S. Bonne): 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 28 July 2000 (Case R 558/1999-1) refusing registration of a juxtaposition of the colours green and grey 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 25 September 2002, in which it:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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1 - OJ C 372 of 23.12.2000