Notice for the OJ
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)
(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:
1. Dismisses the actions;
2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 180 of 27.07.2002.