Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 November 2009 - Torresan v OHIM - Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe (CANNABIS)
(Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community word mark CANNABIS - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Articles 7(1)(c) and 51(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Articles 7(1)(c) and 52(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Giampietro Torresan (Rothenburg, Switzerland) (represented by: G. Recher, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock and O. Montalto, agents)
Other party/parties to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM intervening before the Court of First Instance: Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe GmbH & Co. KG (Weissonohe, Germany) (represented by: A. Masetti Zannini de Concina, M. Bucarelli and R. Cartella, lawyers)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 29 June 2006 (Case R 517/2005-2) relating to invalidity proceedings between Klosterbrauerei Weissenohe GmbH & Co. KG and Giampietro Torresan.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Giampietro Torresan to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 261, 28.10.2006.