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Document C2004/239/40
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘bestpartner’ — Absolute grounds for refusing registration — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Descriptive mark)
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘bestpartner’ — Absolute grounds for refusing registration — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Descriptive mark)
Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 8 July 2004 in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Community trade mark — Word mark ‘bestpartner’ — Absolute grounds for refusing registration — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Mark devoid of distinctive character — Descriptive mark)
IO C 239, 25.9.2004, p. 20–20
(ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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25.9.2004 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 239/20 |
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
of 8 July 2004
in Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (1)
(Community trade mark - Word mark ‘bestpartner’ - Absolute grounds for refusing registration - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Mark devoid of distinctive character - Descriptive mark)
(2004/C 239/40)
Language of the case: German
In Case T-270/02: MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG, established in Heidelberg (Germany), represented by W. Göpfert, lawyer, against Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (Agent: G. Schneider) — action brought against the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 June 2002 (Case R 206/2002-3) refusing to register the word mark ‘bestpartner’ — the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber), composed of J. Pirrung, President, A.W.H. Meij and N.J. Forwood, Judges; D. Christensen, Administrator, acting for the Registrar, has given a judgment in which it:
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Dismisses the application; |
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Orders the applicant to pay the costs. |