CELEX: 62013TA0377
Language: en
Date: 2015-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-377/13: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2015 — ultra air v OHIM — Donaldson Filtration Deutschland (ultra.air ultrafilter) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community word mark ultra.air ultrafilter — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009)

27.4.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 138/46
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2015 — ultra air v OHIM — Donaldson Filtration Deutschland (ultra.air ultrafilter)
   (Case T-377/13) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark ultra.air ultrafilter - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 52(1)(a) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 138/60)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: ultra air GmbH (Hilden, Germany) (represented by: C. König, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH (Haan, Germany) (represented by: N. Siebertz, M. Teworte-Vey and A. Renvert, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 May 2013 (Case R 1100/2011-4) concerning invalidity proceedings between Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH and ultra air GmbH.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 6 May 2013 (Case R 1100/2011-4) in so far as it concerns time control systems;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders ultra air GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay the costs incurred by OHIM and by Donaldson Filtration Deutschland GmbH.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 260, 7.9.2013.