Community trade mark Absolute ground for refusal Descriptive character Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Sumário
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2010.
MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).
Case T-233/08.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2010 – MPDV Mikrolab v OHIM (ROI ANALYZER)
(Case T-233/08)
Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 27, 45-46)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 April 2008 (Case R 1525/2006-4) concerning the registration of the word sign ROI ANALYZER as a Community trade mark. |
Information relating to the case
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Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor |
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Community trade mark sought: |
Word mark ROI ANALYZER for goods and services in Classes 9, 35 and 42 – Application No 4866042 |
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Decision of the examiner: |
Registration partially refused |
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Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Appeal dismissed |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor to pay the costs. |