Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 3.7.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 179/54 |

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Action brought on 5 May 2010 — Deutscher Ring v OHIM (Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG)

(Case T-209/10)

(2010/C 179/92)

Language in which the application was lodged: German

Parties

Applicant: Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by A. Busse, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Form of order sought

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| — | Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 11 March 2010 in Case R 1290/2009-1 and register the trade mark applied for; and |

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| — | Order the defendant to pay the costs of the proceedings. |

Pleas in law and main arguments

Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘Deutscher Ring Sachversicherungs-AG’ for services in Class 36.

Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the application

Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal

Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009, [(1)](#ntr1-C_2010179EN.01005401-E0001) since the Community trade mark concerned is distinctive and not merely descriptive.

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