CELEX: 62010TJ0331
Community trade mark
Invalidity proceedings
Figurative Community trade mark representing a surface with black dots
Shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result
Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20 May 2010 (Case R 1235/2008‑1), relating to
invalidity proceedings between Pi-Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S, of the one part, and Yoshida Metal Industry
Co. Ltd, of the other.
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 20 May 2010 (Case R 1235/2008‑1);
2.
Orders OHIM to bear its own costs and to pay the costs of Yoshida Metal Industry Co. Ltd;
3.
Orders Pi‑Design AG, Bodum France and Bodum Logistics A/S to bear their own respective costs.