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Document C2005/281/39

Case T-320/03: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2005 — Citicorp v OHIM (Community trade mark — Word mark LIVE RICHLY — Absolute grounds for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Right to be heard — Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94)

SL C 281, 12.11.2005, p. 21–21 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

12.11.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 281/21


Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 15 September 2005 — Citicorp v OHIM

(Case T-320/03) (1)

(Community trade mark - Word mark LIVE RICHLY - Absolute grounds for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Right to be heard - Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94)

(2005/C 281/39)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant(s): Citicorp (New York, United States) (represented by: V. von Bomhard, A. Renck and A. Pohlmann, lawyers)

Defendant(s): Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Laitinen, P. Bullock and A. von Mühlendahl, Agents)

Application for

annulment of the decision of the Third Board of Appeal of OHIM of 25 June 2003 (Case R 85/2002-3), concerning an application to register the word mark LIVE RICHLY as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1)

Dismisses the application;

2)

Orders the applicant to bear its own costs, in addition to one half of the costs incurred by the defendant;

3)

Orders the defendant to bear one half of its own costs.


(1)  OJ C 275, 15.11.2003.


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