Judgment of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 December 2012

Fomanu AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark Qualität hat Zukunft — Absolute grounds for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Case T‑22/12


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
11/01/2013 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:663
11/12/2012 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:663
11/12/2012 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
Application (OJ)
02/03/2012 Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Community trade mark – Annulment of Decision R 1518/2011-1 of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 27 October 2011 rejecting the action brought against the decision of the examiner refusing registration of the word mark 'Qualität hat Zukunft' for goods and services in Classes 9, 16 and 40

Systematic classification scheme

1.
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.01 Advertising slogans
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.01 Advertising slogans
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.03 Other marks
            4.11.03.01.02.03.00
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
          4.11.03.01.02.03 Other marks
            4.11.03.01.02.03.00
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.13 Signs examined
          4.11.03.01.13.02 Marks devoid of any distinctive character
            4.11.03.01.13.02.01 Word marks


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 16/01/2012

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

11/12/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 80 from 17.03.2012, p.22

Judgment: OJ C 26 from 26.01.2013, p.44

Name of the parties

Fomanu v OHIM (Qualität hat Zukunft)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

deuxième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Dehousse

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • German

Language(s) of the Opinion

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