Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 December 2007 — DeTeMedien v OHIM (suchen.de)

(Case T-117/06) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark suchen.de - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Domain name - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2008/C 22/81)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: DeTeMedien Deutsche Telekom Medien GmbH ((Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented initially by J. Fesenmair and I. Gehring, and subsequently by J. Fesenmair and T.M. Müller, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 January 2006 (Case R 287/2005-1) concerning an application for registration of the word sign suchen.de as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 143, 17.6.2006.