Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 9.7.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 204/21 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 25 May 2011 — Prinz von Hannover v OHIM (Representation of a coat of arms)

(Case T-397/09)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011204EN.01002101-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Application for Community figurative mark representing a coat of arms - Absolute ground for refusal - Imitation from a heraldic point of view of the symbol of a State - Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention)

2011/C 204/36

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg (Hanover, Germany) (represented by: R. Stötzel and J. Hilger, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 July 2009 (Case R 1361/2008-1) concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a figurative sign representing the coat of arms of the house of Hanover.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg to pay the costs. |

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