Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

**Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 October 2011 – Chestnut Medical Technologies v OHIM (PIPELINE)**

**(Case T-87/10)**

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 – Duty to state reasons – Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009

1.                     *Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed
exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation No 207/2009,
Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 23, 27-29)*

2.                     *Community trade mark – Procedural provisions – Statement of reasons for decisions (Art. 296 TFEU; Council Regulation No 207/2009,
Art. 75) (see paras 39-41)*

**Re:**

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|  | 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**

The 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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