Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2010:83
Date: 2010-03-10
Language of the case: French
Court formation: First Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: France

Judgment of the General Court of 10 March 2010 - Baid v OHIM (LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES) (Case T-31/09) 1 (Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Duty to state reasons - First sentence of Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now the first sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)) Language of the case: French Parties Applicant: Baid SARL (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Grasset, lawyer) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 October 2008 (Case R 963/2008-1), concerning an application to register the word sign LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES as a Community trade mark Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Baid SARL to pay the costs. ____________ 1 - OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.