Community trade mark Absolute ground for refusal Application for Community word mark KOMPRESSOR PLUS Descriptive character Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Sumário
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010.
LG Electronics, Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark KOMPRESSOR PLUS - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-497/09.
Texto da decisão
Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 16 December 2010 – LG Electronics v OHIM (KOMPRESSOR PLUS)
(Case T-497/09)
Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark KOMPRESSOR PLUS – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(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 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 14, 18-21)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2009 (Case R 397/2009-1), relating to an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign KOMPRESSOR PLUS. |
Information relating to the case
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Applicant for the Community trade mark: |
LG Electronics, Inc. |
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Community trade mark sought: |
Word mark KOMPRESSOR PLUS for goods in Class 7 – Application No 7282924 |
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Decision of the examiner: |
Registration refused |
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Decision of the Board of Appeal: |
Appeal partially dismissed |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders LG Electronics, Inc. to pay the costs. |