Judgment of the General Court of 11 July 2012 — Laboratoire Garnier v OHIM (natural beauty)

(Case T-559/10) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark natural beauty - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

2012/C 250/23

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Laboratoire Garnier et Cie (Paris, France) (represented: initially by R. Dissmann and A. Steegmann and subsequently by R. Dissmann, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, acting as Agent)

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 September 2010 (Case R 971/2010-1) concerning registration of the figurative sign natural beauty as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 38, 5.2.2011.