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(2010/C 288/96)
Language in which the application was lodged: German
Applicant: Adelholzener Alpenquellen GmbH (Siegsdorf, Germany) (represented by O. Rauscher, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)
—Annul the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 9 June 2010 in Case R 1516/2009-1;
—Order the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) to pay the costs.
Community trade mark concerned: the three-dimensional mark in the shape of a bottle with a relief-like depiction of three mountain summits for goods in Class 32
Decision of the Examiner: rejection of the application
Decision of the Board of Appeal: dismissal of the appeal
Pleas in law: Infringement of Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (1) as the Community trade mark at issue has distinctive character; infringement of Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 as the Board of Appeal should not have based its decision on the absence of a disclaimer; and infringement of Article 75(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 as the applicant was unable to comment on certain depictions on which the decision was based
Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the Community trade mark (OJ 2009 L 78, p. 1).