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Document 62009TJ0113

    Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 9 February 2010.
    PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH Biomedizinische Produkte v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
    Community trade mark - Application for a Community word mark SupplementPack - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character -Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009).
    Case T-113/09.

    European Court Reports 2010 II-00017*

    ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2010:34





    Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 9 February 2010 – PromoCell bioscience alive v OHIM (SupplementPack)

    (Case T-113/09)

    Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark SupplementPack – Absolute ground for refusal – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(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 40/94, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 31, 37, 42, 48)

    Re:

    ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 January 2009 (Case R 996/2008‑4) concerning an application for registration of the word sign SupplementPack as a Community trade mark.

    Information relating to the case

    Applicant for the Community trade mark:

    PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH Biomedizinische Produkte

    Community trade mark sought:

    Word mark SupplementPack for goods and services in Classes 1, 3, 5, 41 and 42 – Application No 5433883

    Decision of the Examiner:

    Application dismissed

    Decision of the Board of Appeal:

    Appeal dismissed

    Operative part

    The Court:

    1.

    Dismisses the action;

    2.

    Orders PromoCell bioscience alive GmbH Biomedizinische Produkte to pay the costs.

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