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Community trade mark – Application for a Community word mark IFS – Absolute grounds for refusal – Not descriptive – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 25, 31, 39-40)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1) concerning an application to register the word mark IFS as a Community trade mark.
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Community trade mark sought:
Word mark IFS for goods in Class 12 – Application No 3157492
Decision of the examiner:
Registration refused
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
The Court:
1.Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 14 September 2005 (Case R 1157/2004-1);
2.Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by JTEKT Corp.