Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 - Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer v OHIM (CHROMA)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark CHROMA - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG (Frechen, Germany) (represented by: J. Albrecht, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: S. Schäffner, acting as Agent)
Re:
ACTION brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 8 May 2009 (Case R 1429/2008-4), relating to an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign CHROMA
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Deutsche Steinzeug Cremer & Breuer AG to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 244, 10.10.2009.