Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Second Chamber) of 5 March 2003. Unilever NV v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). Community trade mark - Threedimensional mark - Shape of a product for dishwashers - Ovoid tablet - Absolute ground for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. Case T-194/01.

«(Community trade mark – Three-dimensional mark – Shape of a product for dishwashers – Ovoid tablet – Absolute ground for refusal – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)»

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)5 March 2003 (1)

((Community trade mark – Three-dimensional mark – Shape of a product for dishwashers – Ovoid tablet – Absolute ground for refusal – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94))

applicant,

v

defendant,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (Second Chamber),

having regard to the written procedure and further to the hearing on 13 November 2002,

gives the following

On those grounds,

THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber),

Moura Ramos

Pirrung

Meij

H. Jung

R.M. Moura Ramos

Registrar

President