Judgment of the General Court of 4 February 2015 — KSR v OHIM — Lampenwelt (Moon)
(Case T-374/13) 1
(Community trade mark — Proceedings seeking a declaration of invalidity — Community word mark Moon — Absolute ground for invalidity — Descriptive nature — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 52(1)(a) and Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: KSR Kunststoff Rotation GmbH (Wehr, Germany) (represented by: H. Börjes-Pestalozza and M. Nielen, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented initially by: A. Pohlmann, subsequently by: D. Walicka, and finally by: A. Schifko, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Lampenwelt GmbH & Co. KG (Schlitz, Germany) (represented by: G. Rother, P. Mes, C. Graf von der Groeben, J. Künzel, J. Bühling, D. Jestaedt, M. Bergermann, A. Kramer, J. Vogtmeier and A. Verhauwen, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 May 2013 (Case R 676/2012-4) concerning invalidity proceedings between Lampenwelt GmbH & Co. KG and KSR Kunststoff Rotation GmbH.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders KSR Kunststoff Rotation GmbH to pay the costs.
________________________1 OJ C 274, 21.9.2013.