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Document 62010TJ0561

    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 November 2011.
    LG Electronics, Inc. v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark DIRECT DRIVE - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character and lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
    Case T-561/10.

    European Court Reports 2011 II-00415*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:685





    Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 22 November 2011 – LG Electronics v OHIM (DIRECT DRIVE)

    (Case T-561/10)

    Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark DIRECT DRIVE – Absolute grounds for refusal – Descriptive character and lack of distinctive character – 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 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 20, 24-25)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 September 2010 (Case R 1027/2010‑2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign DIRECT DRIVE as a Community trade mark.

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders LG Electronics, Inc. to pay the costs.

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