Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 16.3.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 89/20 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 30 January 2015 — Siemag Tecberg Group v OHIM (Winder Controls)

(Case T-593/13)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2015089EN.01002001-E0001)

((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark Winder Controls - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(c) and (b) and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 135a of the Rules of Procedure of the General Court - Request for a hearing made prematurely in the application))

(2015/C 089/22)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Siemag Tecberg Group GmbH (Haiger, Germany) (represented by: T. Sommer, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 September 2013 (Case R 1261/2013-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign Winder Controls as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Siemag Tecberg Group GmbH to bear its own expenses and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). |

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