Notice for the OJ

 

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 8 July 2004

in Case T-270/02 : MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) ¹

(Community trade mark - Word mark 'bestpartner' - Absolute grounds for refusing registration - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Mark devoid of distinctive character - Descriptive mark)

(Language of the case: German)

In Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG, established in Heidelberg (Germany), represented by W. Göpfert, lawyer, against THE Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: G. Schneider) - action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 June 2002 (Case R 206/2002-3) refusing to register the word mark 'bestpartner' - the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N.J. Forwood, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, acting for the Registrar, has given a judgment in which it:

1.    Dismisses the application;

2.    Orders the applicant to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 274 of 9.11.2002.