CELEX: 62012TA0208
Language: en
Date: 2013-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Case T-208/12: Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2013 — Think Schuhwerk v OHIM (Red shoelace end caps) (Community trade mark — Application for a Community trade mark — Red shoelace end caps — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Procedure by default)

31.8.2013   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 252/30
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2013 — Think Schuhwerk v OHIM (Red shoelace end caps)
   (Case T-208/12) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for a Community trade mark - Red shoelace end caps - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Procedure by default)
   2013/C 252/49
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Think Schuhwerk GmbH (Kopfing, Austria) (represented by: M. Gail, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 February 2012 (Case R 1552/2011-1), concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a sign consisting of red shoelace end caps
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Think Schuhwerk GmbH to bear its own costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 209, 14.7.2012.