CELEX: 62011TN0598
Language: en
Date: 2011-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-598/11: Action brought on 28 November 2011 — MPDV Mikrolab v OHIM (Lean Performance Index)

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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 32/29
            
         Action brought on 28 November 2011 — MPDV Mikrolab v OHIM (Lean Performance Index)
   (Case T-598/11)
   2012/C 32/60
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor (Mosbach, Germany) (represented by W. Göpfert, 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 15 September 2011 in Case R 131/2011-1;
            
         
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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 ‘Lean Performance Index’ for goods and services in Classes 9, 16, 35 and 42.
   
      Decision of the Examiner: registration refused.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: appeal dismissed.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009, since the Community trade mark concerned is distinctive and not descriptive.