Judgment of the General Court of 5 May 2011 - SIMS - École de ski internationale v OHIM - SNMSF (esf école du ski français)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark esf école du ski français - Absolute grounds for refusal - State emblem - Article 7(1)(h) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Article 6ter of the Paris Convention - Mark of such a nature as to deceive the public - Article 7(1)(g) of Regulation No 207/2009 )
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Syndicat international des moniteurs de ski - École de ski internationale (SIMS - École de ski internationale) (Albertville, France) (represented by: L. Raison-Rebufat, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially A. Folliard-Monguiral and subsequently by A. Folliard-Monguiral and J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agents)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM, intervener before the General Court: Syndicat national des moniteurs du ski français (SNMSF) (Meylan, France) (represented by: J.-P. Stouls, lawyer)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 11 November 2009 (Case R 235/2009-1), concerning invalidity proceedings between the Syndicat international des moniteurs de ski - École de ski internationale (SIMS - École de ski internationale) and the Syndicat national des moniteurs du ski français (SNMSF)
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. dismisses the action;
2. orders the Syndicat international des moniteurs de ski - École de ski internationale (SIMS - École de ski internationale) to pay the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM);
3. orders the Syndicat national des moniteurs du ski français to bear its own costs.
____________1 - OJ C 100, 17.4.2010.