CELEX: 62015TA0363
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-363/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Työhönvalmennus Valma v OHIM (Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks) (Community trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark — Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009)

2.5.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 156/42
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 March 2016 — Työhönvalmennus Valma v OHIM (Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks)
   (Case T-363/15) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional Community trade mark - Shape of game chest containing wooden blocks - Absolute ground for refusal - Absence of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Lack of distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 156/55)
   Language of the case: Finnish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Työhönvalmennus Valma Oy (Lahti, Finland) (represented by: S. Salonen and K. Parviainen, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 May 2015 (Case R 1690/2014-2) concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign in the shape of a game chest containing wooden blocks as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Työhönvalmennus Valma Oy to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 337, 12.10.2015.