CELEX: 62009TJ0397
Community trade mark
Application for Community figurative mark representing a coat of arms
Absolute ground for refusal
Imitation from a heraldic point of view of the symbol of a State
Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Article 6ter of the Paris Convention

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 July 2009 (Case R 1361/2008-1) concerning an
application for registration as a Community trade mark of a figurative sign representing the coat of arms of the house of
Hanover.
Information relating to the case
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg
Community trade mark sought:
Figurative mark representing coats of arms for goods and services in Classes 16, 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 39, 41 and 43 –Application
No 5627245
Decision of the examiner:
Registration refused
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Appeal dismissed
Operative part
The Court:
1.
Dismisses the action;
2.
Orders Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg to pay the costs.