Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2014 — Still v OHIM (Fleet Data Services)
(Joined Cases T-534/12 and T-535/12) 1
(Community Trade Mark — Applications for registration of the Community figurative marks Fleet Data Services and Truck Data Services — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Absence of any distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — The right to be heard — Article 75, second sentence, of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Still GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: S. Waller, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, Agent)
Re:
Two actions brought against two decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 September 2012 (Case R 130/2012-1 and Case R 4/2012-1), concerning applications for registration, first, of the figurative sign Fleet Data Services and, secondly, the figurative sign Truck Data Services as Community trade marks.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the actions;
2. Orders Still GmbH to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 32, 2.2.2013.