CELEX: 62007TJ0325
Community trade mark
Application for Community word mark SURFCARD
Absolute ground for refusal
Partially descriptive character
Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 June 2007 (Case R 1130/2006-1) concerning an
application for registration of the word sign SURFCARD as a Community trade mark.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Caisse fédérale du Crédit mutuel Centre-Est Europe (CFCMCEE)
Community trade mark sought:
Word mark SURFCARD for goods and services in Classes 9, 36 and 38 – Application No 3837564
Decision of the Opposition Division:
Partial refusal of registration
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
(OHIM) of 14 June 2007 (Case R 1130/2006-1) to the extent that it refuses the registration as a Community trade mark of the
word sign SURFCARD for ‘magnetic data media, optical data media’ falling within Class 9 and ‘credit card services, debit card
services’ falling within Class 36 of the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services
for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended;
2.
Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
3.
Orders the Caisse fédérale du Crédit mutuel Centre-Est Europe (CFCMCEE) and OHIM to bear their own costs.