Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2008:70
Date: 2008-03-12
Language of the case: French
Court formation: Third Chamber
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Concepts: Word marks
Procedure: Action for annulment - successful
Origin: France

Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 12 March 2008 - Compagnie générale de diététique v OHIM (GARUM) (Case T-341/06) 1 (Community trade mark - Application for Community trade mark GARUM - Absolute ground for refusal - Relevant public - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No. 40/94) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Compagnie générale de diététique SAS (Caen, France)-(represented by: J.-J Evrard and T. de Haan, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, agent) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 September 2006 (Case R 1401/2005-1) concerning application for registration of the word sign GARUM as a Community trade mark. Operative part of the judgment 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 7 September 2006 (Case R 1401/2005-1). 2. Orders OHIM to pay its own costs and the costs of Compagnie générale de diététique SAS. ____________ 1 - OJ C 326, 30.12.2006.