On August 7, 2006, the OHIM Board of Appeals retained that SLIMMING WORLD would clearly and immediately be understood by the relevant consumers as a generic indication informing the consumer that the services and products in question are concerned with making or becoming slim.
The link between the sign and the products and services was retained on the basis of the direct reference to the activity and the fact that the two words were side-by-side as they would currently appear in the English language