29.10.2005

Official Journal of the European Union

C 271/1

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

(Third Chamber)

of 15 September 2005

in Case C-37/03 P: BioID AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)

(Appeal - Community trade mark - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Word and figurative mark - BioID - Absolute ground for refusal to register - Trade mark devoid of any distinctive character)

(2005/C 271/02)

Language of the case: German

In Case C-37/03 P: appeal under Article 56 of the Statute of the Court of Justice lodged at the Court on 3 February 2003 by BioID AG, established in Berlin (Germany), in judicial liquidation, (Rechtsanwalt: A. Nordemann), the other party to the proceedings being the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agents: A. von Mühlendahl and G. Schneider,) — the Court (Third Chamber), composed of A. Rosas, President of the Chamber, J. P. Puissochet, S. von Bahr, J. Malenovský and A. Ó Caoimh (Rapporteur), Judges; P. Léger, Advocate General; M. Ferreira, Principal Administrator, for the Registrar, gave a judgment on 15 September 2005, in which it:

1.	Sets aside the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 5 December 2002 in Case T-91/01 BioID v OHIM (BioID) [2002] ECR II-5159;

2.	Dismisses the action against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 20 February 2001;

3.	Orders the appellant to pay the costs of the proceedings at first instance and on appeal.

(1) OJ 70, 22.03.2003.