Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2012 - Laboratoire Garnier v OHIM (natural beauty)
(Case T-559/10) 
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark natural beauty - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Laboratoire Garnier et Cie (Paris, France) (represented: initially by R. Dissmann and A. Steegmann and subsequently by R. Dissmann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, acting as Agent)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2010 (Case R 971/2010-1) concerning registration of the figurative sign natural beauty as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.    Dismisses the action;
2.    Orders Laboratoire Garnier et Cie to pay the costs.
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1 - OJ C 38, 5.2.2011.