Judgment of the General Court of 22 November 2011 - mPAY24 v OHIM - Ultra (MPAY24)
(Case T-275/10)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark MPAY24 - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Correction of the decision by the Board of Appeal - Non-existent act - Rule 53 of Regulation (EC) No 2868/95)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: mPAY24 GmbH (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: H.-G. Zeiner and S. Di Natale, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Ultra d.o.o. Proizvodnja elektronskih naprav (Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 22 March 2010 (Case R 1102/2008-1) concerning invalidity proceedings between Ultra d.o.o. Proizvodnja elektronskih naprav and mPAY24 GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) of 22 March 2010 (Case R 1102/2008-1);
Orders OHIM to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 234, 28.8.2010.