Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2014 – Oetker Nahrungsmittel v OHIM (La qualité est la meilleure des recettes)

(Case T-570/11) ¹

(Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark La qualité est la meilleure des recettes – Mark constituted by an advertising slogan – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctiveness – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG (Bielefeld, Germany) (represented by: F. Graf von Stosch, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: K. Klüpfel and A. Schifko, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Grand Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 July 2011 (Case R 1798/2010-G) concerning an application for registration of word sign La qualité est la meilleure des recettes as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 13, 14.1.2012.