Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:96
Date: 2015-02-12
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Seventh Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2015 — Vita Phone v OHIM — (LIFEDATA) (Case T-318/13) 1 (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark LIFEDATA — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) and Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of specific assessment — Duty to state reasons) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Vita Phone GmbH (Mannheim, Germany) (represented by: P. Ruess and A. Doepner-Thiele, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Marten and G. Schneider, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 March 2013 (Case R 1072/2012-1) concerning an application for registration of the word mark LIFEDATA as a Community trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Vita Phone GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 226, 3.8.2013.