CELEX: 62011TA0072
Language: en
Date: 2012-09-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-72/11: Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2012 — Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad v OHIM (ESPETEC) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ESPETEC — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive nature — Lack of distinctiveness — Lack of distinctiveness acquired by use — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

20.10.2012   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 319/8
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2012 — Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad v OHIM (ESPETEC)
   (Case T-72/11) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ESPETEC - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive nature - Lack of distinctiveness - Lack of distinctiveness acquired by use - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
   2012/C 319/13
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad, SL (Vic, Spain) (represented by: initially by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda Sousa, T. Barceló Rebaque and N. Esteve Manasanch, and subsequently by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda Sousa and N. Esteve Manasanch)
   
      Defendant: OHIM (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 November 2010 (Case R 312/2010-2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark ESPETEC as a Community trade mark
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad, SL to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 113, 9.4.2011.