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(Case T-450/09) (<span class="super note-tag">1</span>)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Three-dimensional Community trade mark - Cube with surfaces having a grid structure - Absolute grounds for refusal - First sentence of Article 76(1) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result - Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape which results from the nature of the goods themselves - Article 7(1)(e)(i) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(i) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Absence of sign consisting exclusively of the shape which gives substantial value to the goods - Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(e)(iii) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Absence of descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 40/94 (now Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Obligation to state reasons - First sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
(2015/C 016/42)
Language of the case: English
Applicant: Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG (Fürth, Germany) (represented by: O. Ruhl, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Seven Towns Ltd (London, United Kingdom) (represented initially by M. Edenborough QC, and B. Cookson, Solicitor, and subsequently by K. Szamosi and M. Borbás, lawyers)
Action against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 1 September 2009 (Case R 1526/2008-2) relating to cancellation proceedings between Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG and Seven Towns Ltd.
The Court:
1)Dismisses the action;
2)Orders Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
(<span class="super note-tag">1</span>) OJ C 11, 16.1.2010.