Judgment of the General Court of 2 May 2012 - Universal Display Corp. v OHIM

(Case T-435/11) 

(Community trade mark - International registration designating the European Community - Application for Community word mark UniversalPHOLED - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Universal Display Corp. (Ewing, New Jersey, United States) (represented by: A. Poulter and C. Lehr, Solicitors)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Geroulakos, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 May 2011 (Case R 215/2011 2) concerning an application for registration of the word sign UniversalPHOLED as a Community trade mark

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Universal Display Corp. to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 298, 8.10.2011.