CELEX: 62008TJ0233
Language: en
Date: 2010-09-10
Title: Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2010. # MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). # Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009). # Case T-233/08.

Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 10 September 2010 – MPDV Mikrolab v OHIM (ROI ANALYZER)
      (Case T-233/08)
      Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
      Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation
         No 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 27, 45-46)
      
      Re:
      
         
               ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 April 2008 (Case R 1525/2006-4) concerning
                  the registration of the word sign ROI ANALYZER as a Community trade mark.
               
            Information relating to the case 
      
               Applicant for the Community trade mark: 
            
            
               MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor 
            
         
               Community trade mark sought: 
            
            
               Word mark ROI ANALYZER for goods and services in Classes 9, 35 and 42 – Application No 4866042
            
         
               Decision of the examiner: 
            
            
               Registration partially refused 
            
         
               Decision of the Board of Appeal: 
            
            
               Appeal dismissed 
            
         
      Operative part
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Dismisses the action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor to pay the costs.