CELEX: 62012TA0567
Language: en
Date: 2014-11-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-567/12: Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2014  — Kaatsu Japan v OHIM (KAATSU) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark KAATSU — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009)

22.12.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/22
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 November 2014 — Kaatsu Japan v OHIM (KAATSU)
   (Case T-567/12) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark KAATSU - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rights of the defence - Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2014/C 462/34)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Kaatsu Japan Co. Ltd (Tokyo, Japan) (represented by: M. Edenborough QC)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar and I. Harrington, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 October 2012 (Case R 435/2012-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign KAATSU as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Kaatsu Japan Co. Ltd to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 63, 2.3.2013.