CELEX: 62014TA0011
Language: en
Date: 2015-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-11/14: Judgment of the General Court of 21 January 2015 — Grundig Multimedia AG v OHIM (Pianissimo) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Pianissimo — Mark consisting of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Equal treatment)

2.3.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 73/29
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 January 2015 — Grundig Multimedia AG v OHIM (Pianissimo)
      (Case T-11/14) (1)
      
      (Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark Pianissimo - Mark consisting of an advertising slogan - Absolute ground for refusal - Absence of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Equal treatment)
      (2015/C 073/38)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Grundig Multimedia AG (Stansstad, Switzerland) (represented by: S. Walter, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Bonne and A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 November 2013 (Case R 441/2013-4), confirming rejection of the application for registration of the word sign Pianissimo as a Community trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1)
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2)
               
               
                  Orders Grundig Multimedia AG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 135, 5.5.2014.