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Community trade mark – Application for a Community figurative mark representing a dog – 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 23, 27-30)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of 30 June 2008 of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM (Case R 1734/2007-1) concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a figurative sign representing a dog.
Applicant for the Community trade mark:
Community trade mark sought:
Representation of a dog for goods in Classes 18, 25 and 31 – Application No 4829321
Decision of the examiner:
Registration refused
Decision of the Board of Appeal:
Annulment of the contested decision as regards ‘clothing, footwear and headgear; belts’ in Class 25
The Court:
1.Dismisses the action;
2.Orders Nadine Trautwein Rolf Trautwein GbR, Research and Development to pay the costs.