Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 26 November 2008 - Avon Products OHIM (ANEW ALTERNATIVE)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark ANEW ALTERNATIVE - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Avon Products, Inc. (New York, New York, United States) (represented by: C. Heitmann-Lichtenstein and U. Stelzenmüller, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially by S. Laitinen and P. Bullock, and subsequently by G. Schneider, Agents)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2007 (Case R 1471/2006 2), concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word mark ANEW ALTERNATIVE.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Avon Products, Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 170, 21.7.2007.