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Document 62010TA0363

Case T-363/10: Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2011 — Abbot Laboratories v OHIM (RESTORE) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community word mark RESTORE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Infringement of the right to be heard — Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

OJ C 6, 7.1.2012, p. 14–14 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

7.1.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 6/14


Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2011 — Abbot Laboratories v OHIM (RESTORE)

(Case T-363/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark RESTORE - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Lack of distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Infringement of the right to be heard - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

2012/C 6/24

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Abbott Laboratories (Abbot Park, Illinois, United States) (represented by: M. Kinkeldey, S. Schäffler and J. Springer, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: R. Manea, agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 9 June 2010 (Case R 1560/2009-1), concerning an application for registration of the word mark RESTORE as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the application;

2.

Orders Abbott Laboratories to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 288, 23.10.2010


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