CELEX: 62009TA0015
Language: en
Date: 2010-03-09 00:00:00
Title: Case T-15/09: Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2010 — Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC CASH) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC CASH — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

1.5.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 113/43
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2010 — Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC CASH)
   (Case T-15/09) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC CASH - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   2010/C 113/69
   Language of the case: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Européenne de traitement de l'information (Euro-Information) (Strasbourg, France) (represented by: A. Grolée, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 November 2008 (Case R 70/2006-4) concerning an application for registration of the word sign EURO AUTOMATIC CASH as a Community trade mark
   
      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 18 November 2008 (Case R 70/2006 4);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay four fifths of the costs incurred by the parties before the Court;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Orders Européenne de traitement de l'information (Euro-Information) to pay one fifth of the costs incurred by the parties before the Court;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               Orders OHIM to pay the essential costs incurred by the applicant for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.