13/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - On 6 March 2007, the Court of First Instance confirmed decision R 823/2004-2 (GOLF-USA) of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs). Rejecting the arguments of the applicant, but commonsensically, the Court ruled that the word mark “Golf USA” could not be registered in the EU by virtue of Council Regulation (EC) no. 40/94, which excludes “trade marks which are devoid of any distinctive character” and “trade marks...