CELEX: C2007/235/38
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-297/07: Action brought on 1 August 2007 — TridonicAtco v OHIM (Intelligent Voltage Guard)

6.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 235/21
            
         Action brought on 1 August 2007 — TridonicAtco v OHIM (Intelligent Voltage Guard)
   (Case T-297/07)
   (2007/C 235/38)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: TridonicAtco GmbH & Co KG (Dornbirn, Austria) (represented by L. Wiltschek, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Amend the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 31 May 2007 (Case R 108/2007-2) to the effect that the international word and figurative mark No 874 778 ‘Intelligent Voltage Guard’ is registered for protection in the European Community;
            
         
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               in the alternative, annul the contested decision and refer the case back to OHIM;
            
         
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               order OHIM to pay the costs of the appeal proceedings and the proceedings before the Court of First Instance.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: The figurative mark ‘Intelligent Voltage Guard’ for goods in Classes 9 and 11 (international registration No W 874 778)
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Rejection of the registration
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Rejection of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1), on the basis that the trade mark ‘Intelligent Voltage Guard’ has a distinctive character.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ L 11, 14.1.1994, p. 1).