ECLI:EU:T:2003:183

«(Community trade mark – Figurative mark containing the word mark BEST BUY – Absolute ground for refusal – Distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)» Summary of the Judgment Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Signs devoid of any distinctive character – Figurative mark BEST BUY(Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(b)) JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber)3 July 2003 (1) ((Community trade mark – Figurative mark containing the word mark best buy – Absolute ground for refusal – Distinctive character – 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 25 February 2003, gives the following On those grounds, THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE (Second Chamber) Forwood Pirrung Meij H. Jung N. Forwood Registrar President 1 – Language of the case: German.