Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2013 – Delphi Technologies v OHIM (INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD)
(Case T-515/11) 1
(Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: C. Albrecht and J. Heumann, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 June 2011 (Case 1967/2010-2) concerning an application for the registration of the word mark INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action.
2. Orders Delphi Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 355, 3.12.2011.