JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

of 10 November 2004

in Case T-396/02: August Storck KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Community trade mark - Three-dimensional mark - Shape of a sweet - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2005/C 19/47)

Language of the case: German

In Case T-396/02: August Storck KG, established in Berlin, represented by H. Wrage-Molkenthin, T. Reher, A. Heise and I. Rohr, lawyers, with an address for service in Luxembourg against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: B. Müller and G. Schneider) – action for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 October 2002 (Case R 187/2001-4), refusing registration of a three-dimensional mark comprised of the shape of a light-brown sweet – the Court of First Instance (Fourth Chamber), composed of H. Legal, President, V. Tiili and M. Vilaras, Judges; B. Pastor, Deputy Registrar, for the Registrar, has given a judgment on 10 November 2004, in which it:

(1)  OJ C 55 of 8.3.2003.