Judgment of the General Court of 10 September 2010 - MPDV Mikrolab v OHIM (ROI ANALYZER)

(Case T-233/08) ¹

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ROI ANALYZER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicants: MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor (Mosbach, Germany) (represented by: W. Göpfert, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, lawyer)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 15 April 2008 (Case R 1525/2006-4) concerning the registration of the word sign ROI ANALYZER as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    dismisses the action;

2.    orders MPDV Mikrolab GmbH, Mikroprozessordatenverarbeitung und Mikroprozessorlabor to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 223, 30.8.2008.