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Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Fuller & Thaler Asset Management v OHIM (BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX) (Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Fuller & Thaler Asset Management v OHIM (BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX) (Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09: Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Fuller & Thaler Asset Management v OHIM (BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX) (Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
IO C 160, 28.5.2011, p. 19–20
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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28.5.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 160/19 |
Judgment of the General Court of 12 April 2011 — Fuller & Thaler Asset Management v OHIM (BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX)
(Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09) (1)
(Community trade mark - Applications for Community word marks BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING and BEHAVIOURAL INDEX - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
2011/C 160/28
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. (San Mateo, United States) (represented by: S. Malynicz, Barrister)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, acting as Agent)
Re:
ACTIONS brought, in Case T-310/09, against the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of OHIM of 28 April 2009 (Case R 323/2008-G) concerning an application for registration of the word sign BEHAVIOURAL INDEXING as a Community trade mark and, in Case T-383/09, against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 June 2009 (Case R 138/2009-1) concerning an application for registration of the word sign BEHAVIOURAL INDEX as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
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Orders that Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09 be joined for the purposes of the present judgment; |
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Dismisses the applications; |
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Orders Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc., in Cases T-310/09 and T-383/09, to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM). |