CELEX: 62014TA0588
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-588/14: Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2015 — Mechadyne International v OHIM (FlexValve) (Community trade mark — Application for a Community figurative mark FlexValve — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Duty to state reasons — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

23.11.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 389/52
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2015 — Mechadyne International v OHIM (FlexValve)
   (Case T-588/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for a Community figurative mark FlexValve - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rights of the defence - Duty to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 389/58)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Mechadyne International Ltd (Kirtlington, United Kingdom) (represented by S. von Petersdorff-Campen and E. Schaper, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by A. Pohlmann, then S. Hanne, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 3 June 2014 (Case R 2435/2013-4), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign FlexValve as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders Mechadyne International Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 361, 13.10.2014.