CELEX: 62012TA0291
Language: en
Date: 2014-03-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-291/12: Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2014  — Deutsche Bank v OHIM (Passion to Perform) (Community trade mark  — International registration designating the European Union  — Word mark Passion to Perform  — Trade mark consisting of an advertising slogan  — Absolute grounds for refusal  — No distinctive character  — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009  — Equal treatment)

12.5.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 142/33
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 25 March 2014 — Deutsche Bank v OHIM (Passion to Perform)
   (Case T-291/12) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark Passion to Perform - Trade mark consisting of an advertising slogan - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Equal treatment))
   2014/C 142/41
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Deutsche Bank AG (Frankfurt on Main, Germany) (represented by: R. Lange, T. Götting and G. Hild, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: I. Harrington, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 April 2012 (Case R 2233/2011-4) concerning an application for registration of word sign Passion to Perform as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Deutsche Bank AG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 273, 8.9.2012.