CELEX: 62007TJ0181
Language: en
Date: 2008-04-02 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 2 April 2008. # Eurocopter SAS v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark STEADYCONTROL - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94. # Case T-181/07.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 2 April 2008 – Eurocopter v OHIM (STEADYCONTROL)
      (Case T-181/07)
      Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark STEADYCONTROL – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation
         No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 46, 50, 55)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 March 2007 (Case R 8/2006-4) concerning an
                  application for registration of the word mark STEADYCONTROL as a Community trade mark.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Eurocopter SAS
            
         
               Community trade mark sought:
            
            
               Word mark STEADYCONTROL for goods in Classes 9, 12 and 38 – Application No 3560935
            
         
               Decision of the examiner:
            
            
               Registration partially refused for goods in Classes 9 and 12
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Appeal dismissed
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the application;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Eurocopter SAS to pay the costs.