CELEX: 62012TA0123
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-123/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2013 — Smartbook v OHIM (SMARTBOOK) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark SMARTBOOK — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

1.2.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 31/10
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 11 December 2013 — Smartbook v OHIM (SMARTBOOK)
   (Case T-123/12) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark SMARTBOOK - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2014/C 31/16
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Smartbook AG (Offenburg, Germany) (represented by: C. Milbradt, A. Schwarz and F. Reiling, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Intervener in support of the defendant: Qualcomm, Inc. (Dover, Delaware, United States) (represented by: A. Renck, A. Leister and V. von Bomhard, lawyers)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 December 2011 (Case R 799/2011-2), concerning an application for registration of the word sign SMARTBOOK as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Smartbook AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 157, 2.6.2012.