Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2011:582
Date: 2011-10-11
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 October 2011 – Chestnut Medical Technologies v OHIM (PIPELINE) (Case T-87/10) Community trade mark – Application for registration of the Community word mark PIPELINE – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 – Duty to state reasons – Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 1. 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 23, 27-29) 2. Community trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 75) (see paras 39-41) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 December 2009 (Case R 968/2009‑2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark PIPELINE as a Community trade mark. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs.