Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 5 October 2011 – PAKI Logistics v OHIM (PAKI)**

**(Case T-526/09)**

Community trade mark – Application for the Community word mark PAKI – Absolute ground for refusal – Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality – Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(f))
(see paras 33-34, 37)

**Re:**

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|  | ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 October 2009 (Case R 1805/2007-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign PAKI as a Community trade mark. |

**Operative part**

The Court:

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| 1. |  | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. |  | Orders PAKI Logistics GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM); |

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| 3. |  | Orders the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to bear its own costs. |

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