CELEX: 62008TJ0226
Language: en
Date: 2009-07-08
Title: Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 8 July 2009. # Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark Alaska - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-226/08.

Judgment of the Court of First Instance (Eighth Chamber) of 8 July 2009 – Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel v OHIM
            – Schwarzbräu (Alaska)
      (Case T-226/08)
      Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Community word mark Alaska – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Surrender, revocation and invalidity – Absolute grounds of invalidity (Council Regulation No 40/94, Arts 7(1)(c) and 51(1)(a)) (see paras 22, 36, 38)
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 April 2008 (Case R 1124/2004‑4) concerning
                  invalidity proceedings between Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH and Schwarzbräu GmbH.
               
            Information relating to the case
      
               Registered Community trade mark in respect of which a declaration of invalidity has been sought:
            
            
               Word mark Alaska for goods in Class 32 – Community trade mark No 505503
            
         
               Proprietor of the Community trade mark:
            
            
               Schwarzbräu GmbH
            
         
               Applicant for the declaration of invalidity:
            
            
               Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH
            
         
               Decision of the Cancellation Division:
            
            
               Application for a declaration of invalidity of the trade mark concerned granted in part
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal:
            
            
               Annulment of the contested decision and dismissal of the application for a declaration of invalidity of the trade mark concerned
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Mineralbrunnen Rhön-Sprudel Egon Schindel GmbH to bear its own costs and those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation
                     in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);
                  
               
            
         
                  3.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders Schwarzbräu GmbH to bear its own costs.