Judgment of the General Court of 22 October 2015 — Hewlett Packard Development Company v OHIM (ELITEPAD)
(Case T-470/14) 1
(Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark ELITEPAD — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Hewlett Packard Development Company LP (Houston, Texas, United States) (represented by: T. Raab and H. Lauf, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 27 March 2014 (Case R 884/2013-2), concerning an application for registration of the word sign ELITEPAD as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Hewlett Packard Development Company LP to pay the costs.
____________1 OJ C 292, 1.9.2014.