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Document C2006/074/49

Case T-460/05: Action brought on 29 December 2005 — Bang & Olufsen/OHIM

OJ C 74, 25.3.2006, p. 26–26 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

25.3.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 74/26


Action brought on 29 December 2005 — Bang & Olufsen/OHIM

(Case T-460/05)

(2006/C 74/49)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Bang & Olufsen AS (Struer, Denmark) [represented by: K. Wallberg, lawyer]

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

The decision taken by the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) on 22 October 2005 in case No. R0497/2005-1 be annulled and

the defendant pay the costs.

Pleas in law and main arguments

Community trade mark concerned: Three-dimensional mark in form of a vertical pencil-shaped loudspeaker on a low pedestal for goods in classes 9 and 20 — application No 3 354 371

Decision of the examiner: Refusal of the application for all the claimed goods

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: The mark is in accordance with Article 7(1)(b) of Council Regulation No 40/94 inherently distinctive for all the goods covered by the application and if not so, it has acquired distinctiveness through use in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Regulation.


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