CELEX: 62009TN0397
Language: en
Date: 2009-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-397/09: Action brought on 6 October 2009 — Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg v OHIM (Figurative mark representing a coat of arms)

5.12.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 297/29
            
         Action brought on 6 October 2009 — Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg v OHIM (Figurative mark representing a coat of arms)
   (Case T-397/09)
   2009/C 297/42
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Ernst August Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg (Hanover, Germany) (represented by R. Stötzel and J. Hilger, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   
      Forms of order sought
   
   
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               Annulment of the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 23 July 2009 in Case R 1361/2008-1 concerning the application for Community trade mark No 5 627 245 and admission of the application for Community trade mark No 5 627 245 for publication in the Community Trade Marks Bulletin;
            
         
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               Order OHIM to pay the costs.
            
         
      Pleas in law and main arguments
   
   
      Community trade mark concerned: The colour figurative mark representing a coat of arms for goods and services in Classes 16, 25, 28, 2, 33, 35, 39, 41 and 43 (Application No 5 627 245)
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Application refused
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Appeal dismissed
   
      Pleas in law: Inter alia, infringement of Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation No 207/2009 (1), since the mark applied for is neither identical with the opposing royal emblem nor a heraldic immitation thereof.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).