CELEX: 62014TN0243
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-243/14: Action brought on 17 April 2014 — The Smiley Company v OHIM (Shape of a face)

25.8.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 282/38
            
         Action brought on 17 April 2014 — The Smiley Company v OHIM (Shape of a face)
   (Case T-243/14)
   2014/C 282/49
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: The Smiley Company SPRL (Brussels, Belgium) (represented by: A. Freitag, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Form of order sought
   
   The applicant claims that the Court should:
   
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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 16 January 2014 given in Case R 837/2013-1;
            
         
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               Order the defendant to pay the costs of proceedings.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Tri-dimensional mark representing the shape of a face for goods in classes 29 and 30 — Community trade mark application No 1 1 1 68  861
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Found the mark applied for not eligible for registration pursuant to Article 7(1)(b) of the Regulation No 207/2009
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissed the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of the Regulation No 207/2009