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Document 62011CO0453

    Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 May 2012.
    Timehouse GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Appeal - Community trade mark - Three-dimensional mark representing a watch - Refusal of registration - Lack of distinctiveness.
    Case C-453/11 P.

    European Court Reports 2012 -00000

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:C:2012:291





    Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 14 May 2012 —
    Timehouse v OHIM

    (Case C‑453/11 P)

    Appeal — Community trade mark — Three-dimensional mark representing a watch — Refusal of registration — Lack of distinctiveness

    Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Trade mark made up of several elements — Possible for the competent authority to examine each of the elements making up the trade mark (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(b)) (see para. 40)

    Re:

    Appeal lodged against the judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2011 in Case T‑235/10 Timehouse v OHIM (Shape of a watch with scalloped edges) , by which that court dismissed an action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 March 2010 (Case R 0942/2009‑1) concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a watch — Lack of distinctiveness.

    Operative part

    1.

    The appeal is dismissed.

    2.

    Timehouse GmbH is ordered to pay the costs.

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