Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 27.4.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 138/46 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2015 — ultra air v OHIM — Donaldson Filtration Deutschland (ultra.air ultrafilter)

(Case T-377/13)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2015138EN.01004602-E0001)

((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark ultra.air ultrafilter - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009))

(2015/C 138/60)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: ultra air GmbH (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: C. König, lawyer)

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

Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH (Haan, Germany) (represented by: N. Siebertz, M. Teworte-Vey and A. Renvert, lawyers)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 May 2013 (Case R 1100/2011-4) concerning invalidity proceedings between Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH and ultra air GmbH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 6 May 2013 (Case R 1100/2011-4) in so far as it concerns time control systems; |

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| 2. | Dismisses the action as to the remainder; |

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| 3. | Orders ultra air GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by OHIM and by Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH. |

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