Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.11.2011 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 347/29 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2011 — Chestnut Medical Technologies v OHIM (PIPELINE)

(Case T-87/10)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2011347EN.01002902-E0001)

(Community trade mark - Application for registration of the Community word mark PIPELINE - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

2011/C 347/46

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. (Menlo Park, California, United States) (represented by: H.P. Kunz-Hallstein and R. Kunz-Hallstein, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 December 2009 (Case R 968/2009-2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark PIPELINE as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The General Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs. |

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