Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 25 March 2009 - allsafe Jungfalk v OHIM (ALLSAFE)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark ALLSAFE - Absolute grounds for refusal of registration - Absence of distinctive character - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: allsafe Jungfalk GmbH & Co. KG (Engen, Germany) (represented by: P. Mes, J. Bühling, C. Graf von der Groeben, G. Rother, A. Verhauwen, J. Künzel, D. Jestaedt and M. Bergermann, lawyers)
Defendants: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 11 July 2007 (Case R 454/2006-4) concerning the registration of the word sign ALLSAFE as a community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders allsafe Jungfalk GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 269, 10.11.2007.