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Document 62008TA0473
Case T-473/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 November 2009 — Apollo Group v OHIM (THINKING AHEAD) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark THINKING AHEAD — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Case T-473/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 November 2009 — Apollo Group v OHIM (THINKING AHEAD) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark THINKING AHEAD — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Case T-473/08: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 November 2009 — Apollo Group v OHIM (THINKING AHEAD) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark THINKING AHEAD — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
OJ C 11, 16.1.2010, p. 26–26
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
- Date of document:
- 17/11/2009
- Date lodged:
- 28/10/2008
- Author:
- Court of First Instance
- Form:
- Judicial information
- Authentic language:
- English
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16.1.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 11/26 |
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 November 2009 — Apollo Group v OHIM (THINKING AHEAD)
(Case T-473/08) (1)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark THINKING AHEAD - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2010/C 11/51
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Apollo Group Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona, United States) (represented by: A. Link and A. Jaeger-Lenz, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Re:
Action against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 August 2008 (Case R 728/2008-2), concerning an application for registration of the word sign THINKING AHEAD as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Apollo Group, Inc. to pay the costs. |
