Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 29.1.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 30/43 |

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Action brought on 22 November 2010 — Häfele v OHIM (Vorfront)

(Case T-531/10)

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2011/C 30/78

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Häfele GmbH & Co. KG (Nagold, Germany) (represented by M. Eck and J. Dönch, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

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| — | Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 14 September 2010 in Case R 570/2010-1; |

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| — | Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘Vorfront’ for goods in Classes 6, 7, 19 and 20.

Decision of the Examiner: refusal to register

Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011030EN.01004301-E0001), as the Community trade mark in question has distinctive character and is not purely descriptive

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