CELEX: 62013TA0649
Language: en
Date: 2015-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-649/13: Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2015 — Trekstor v OHIM (SmartTV Station) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark SmartTV Station — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Descriptive character — Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

14.12.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 414/27
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 23 October 2015 — Trekstor v OHIM (SmartTV Station)
   (Case T-649/13) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark SmartTV Station - Absolute grounds for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Descriptive character - Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 414/34)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: TrekStor Ltd (Hong Kong, China) (represented by: O. Spieker and M. Alber, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially M. Fischer, then G. Schneider and A. Schifko, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 October 2013 (Case R 128/2013-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign SmartTV Station as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders TrekStor Ltd to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 39, 8.2.2014.