Brussels, 01/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - According to the Court of First Instance, the exclamation mark used by the JOOP! company cannot be registered as a Community trade mark since it does not have a distinctive character (cases T-75/08 and T-191/08). JOOP! asked for two trade marks which it uses in the clothing and jewellery markets to be registered: one was a simple exclamation mark, the other had the same exclamation mark inside a black rectangular outline. The request was turned down by...