CELEX: C2007/235/44
Language: en
Date: 2007-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-307/07: Action brought on 14 August 2007 — Hansgrohe v OHIM (AIRSHOWER)

6.10.2007   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 235/24
            
         Action brought on 14 August 2007 — Hansgrohe v OHIM (AIRSHOWER)
   (Case T-307/07)
   (2007/C 235/44)
   Language of the case: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Hansgrohe AG (Schiltach, Germany) (represented by S. Weidert and J. Zehnsdorf, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
   Form of order sought
   
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               Annul the decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 31 May 2007 in Appeal No R 1281/2006-1 concerning trade mark Application No 4 869 319;
            
         
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               Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market to pay the costs of the proceedings.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘AIRSHOWER’ for goods in class 11 (Application No 4 869 319).
   
      Decision of the Examiner: partial rejection of the Application.
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the Appeal.
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (1), because the sign applied for is of a distinctive character and is not descriptive.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).