CELEX: 62009TJ0321
Language: en
Date: 2012-02-02 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 February 2012. # skytron energy GmbH & Co. KG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark arraybox - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-321/09.

Judgment of the General Court (Seventh Chamber) of 2 February 2012 — skytron energy v OHIM (arraybox) (Case T‑321/09)
      Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark arraybox — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
      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 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 20‑22, 36)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 June 2009 (Case R 1680/2008‑1) concerning an
                  application for registration of the word sign arraybox as a Community trade mark.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
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                  	Orders skytron energy GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.