CELEX: 62010TA0208
Language: en
Date: 2011-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-208/10: Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2011 — Cree v OHIM (TRUEWHITE) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark TRUEWHITE — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Descriptive mark)

19.11.2011   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 340/18
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 July 2011 — Cree v OHIM (TRUEWHITE)
   (Case T-208/10) (1)
   
   (Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark TRUEWHITE - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Descriptive mark)
   2011/C 340/36
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Cree, Inc. (Durham, North Carolina, United States) (represented by: V. Schiller, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by: S. Schäffner, and subsequently by: G. Schneider, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 January 2010 (Case R 985/2009-2) concerning registration of the sign TRUEWHITE as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Cree, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 179, 3.7.2010.