Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Order of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 26 April 2012 —  
Deichmann v OHIM  
  
(Case C-307/11 P)**

Appeal — Community trade mark — Regulation (EC) No 40/94 — Article 7(1)(b) — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Figurative sign representing a chevron edged with dotted lines

1.                     *Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Overlapping
ambits of the grounds set out in Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 40/94 (Council Regulation No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(b)
and (c)) (see paras 46-48)*

2.                     *Appeals — Grounds — Incorrect assessment of the facts and evidence — Inadmissibility — Review by the Court of the assessment
of the facts and evidence — Possible only where the clear sense of the evidence has been distorted (Art. 256(1) TFEU; Statute
of the Court of Justice, Art. 58, first para.) (see para. 58)*

3.                     *Appeals — Grounds — Plea submitted for the first time in the context of the appeal — Inadmissibility (see para. 65)*

**Re:**

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| Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 13 April 2011 in Case T‑202/09 | Deichmann SE | v | OHIM | , by which that court dismissed the action for annulment of the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 April 2009 dismissing the appeal against the examiner’s decision, which refused registration of the figurative sign representing a chevron edged with dotted lines as a Community trade mark for certain goods in Classes 10 and 25 — Distinctive character of the mark. |

**Operative part**

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. |  | The appeal is dismissed. |

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| --- | --- | --- |
| 2. |  | Deichmann SE is ordered to pay the costs. |

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