CELEX: 62009TN0012
Language: en
Date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-12/09: Action brought on 13 January 2009 — Gruber v OHIM (Run the globe)

21.3.2009   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 69/46
            
         Action brought on 13 January 2009 — Gruber v OHIM (Run the globe)
   (Case T-12/09)
   (2009/C 69/102)
   Language in which the application was lodged: German
   Parties
   
      Applicant: Alexander Gruber (Ulm, Germany) (represented by T. Kienle and M. Krinke, 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 First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 6 November 2008 (Case R 1779/2007-1);
            
         
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               order the defendant to pay the costs.
            
         Pleas in law and main arguments
   
      Community trade mark concerned: the word mark ‘Run the globe’ for services in Class 41 — Application No 5 154 521
   
      Decision of the Examiner: Refusal of the application
   
      Decision of the Board of Appeal: Dismissal of the appeal
   
      Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (1), as the registered mark has the necessary distinctive character.
   
      (1)  Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993 on the Community trade mark (OJ 1994 L 11, p. 1).