CELEX: C2006/261/38
Language: en
Date: 2006-10-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-207/06: Action brought on 4 August 2006 — Europig v OHIM (EUROPIG)

28.10.2006   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 261/20
            
         Action brought on 4 August 2006 — Europig v OHIM (EUROPIG)
   (Case T-207/06)
   (2006/C 261/38)
   Language in which the application was lodged: French
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Europig (Josselin, France) (represented by: D. Masson, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   Form of order sought
   
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               annul the contested decision of the Board of Appeal of 31 May 2006 (R 1425/2005-4);
            
         
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               order OHIM to pay the costs in their entirety.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: Word mark ‘EUROPIG’, for goods in Classes 29 and 30 (Application No 3 816 691)
   
      Decision of the examiner: Refusal of the application
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c), (2) and (3) of Council Regulation No 40/94. The applicant claims that the mark applied for is not descriptive of the goods designated, is fully distinctive and that, in any event, the distinctive character of the name 'Europig' has been acquired through use.