CELEX: 62011TJ0435
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-02
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2012. # Universal Display Corp. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - International registration designating the European Community - Application for Community word mark UniversalPHOLED - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009. # Case T-435/11.

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 2 May 2012 —Universal Display v OHIM (UniversalPHOLED)(Case T‑435/11)
      Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Application for Community word mark UniversalPHOLED — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(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 20-26, 30, 31, 39, 40)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 May 2011 (Case R 215/2011‑2) concerning an
                  application for registration of the word sign UniversalPHOLED as a Community trade mark.
               
            Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
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                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Universal Display Corp. to pay the costs.