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Document 62010TJ0235
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2011.#Timehouse GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).#Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional mark - Shape of a watch with jagged edges - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.#Case T-235/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2011.
Timehouse GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional mark - Shape of a watch with jagged edges - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-235/10.
Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2011.
Timehouse GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
Community trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional mark - Shape of a watch with jagged edges - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009.
Case T-235/10.
European Court Reports 2011 II-00214*
ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2011:331
- Date of document:
- 06/07/2011
- Date lodged:
- 21/05/2010
- Author:
- General Court
- Country or organisation from which the request originates:
- Germany
- Form:
- Judgment
- Additional information:
- POURVOI C-453/11 P
- Authentic language:
- German
- Type of procedure:
- Action for annulment - unfounded
- Applicant:
- Individual
- Defendant:
- European Union Intellectual Property Office, EU institutions and bodies
- Judge-Rapporteur:
- Czúcz
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- Affected by case:
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- Confirmed by 62011CO0453
- Instruments cited in case law:
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- 32009R0207-A07P1LB: N 16 - 25 27 28 31 32 34 - 36
- 62001CJ0456: N 17 18 21
- 62001TJ0036: N 31
- 62002TJ0016: N 34
- 62005CJ0025: N 18 - 20
- 62005TJ0460: N 17 - 20
- 62006CJ0144: N 23
- 62006TJ0201: N 21
- 62009TJ0007: N 17 - 21
- 62009TJ0013: N 22 23
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Judgment of the General Court (Third Chamber) of 6 July 2011 – Timehouse v OHIM (Shape of a watch with jagged edges)
(Case T-235/10)
Community trade mark – Application for a three-dimensional mark – Shape of a watch with jagged edges – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009
Community trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks devoid of distinctive character (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(b)) (see paras 25, 35-36)
Re:
| ACTION brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 March 2011 (Case R 0942/2009‑1), concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a watch as a Community trade mark. |
Operative part
The Court:
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1. |
Dismisses the action; |
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2. |
Orders Timehouse GmbH to pay the costs. |
