CELEX: 62012TA0520
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-520/12: Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2014  — Pågen Trademark v OHIM (gifflar) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark gifflar — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctiveness — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

25.8.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/30
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 July 2014 — Pågen Trademark v OHIM (gifflar)
   (Case T-520/12) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark gifflar - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctiveness - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2014/C 282/39
   Language of the case: Swedish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Pågen Trademark AB (Malmö, Sweden) (represented by: J. Norderyd, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: D. Leffler and P. Geroulakos, Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 September 2012 (Case R 46/2012-2), concerning an application for registration of the figurative mark gifflar as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Pågen Trademark AB to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.