CELEX: 62006TA0399
Language: en
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-399/06: Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 January 2009 — giropay v OHIM (GIROPAY) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark GIROPAY — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

7.3.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 55/22
            
         Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 January 2009 — giropay v OHIM (GIROPAY)
   (Case T-399/06) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark GIROPAY - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
   (2009/C 55/39)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: giropay GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: K. Gründig-Schnelle, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: B. Schmidt, Agent)
   Re:
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 October 2006 (Case R 308/2005-4) concerning an application for registration of the word mark GIROPAY as a Community trade mark.
   Operative part of the judgment
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders giropay GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 42, 24.2.2007.