Judgment of the General Court of 7 October 2015 — Cyprus v OHIM (XAΛΛOYMI and HALLOUMI)

(Joined Cases T-292/14 and T-293/14) 

(Community trade mark — Applications for Community word marks XAΛΛOYMI and HALLOUMI — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Descriptive character — Articl

ting as Agent)Re:Two actions

brought

against two decisions of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 19 February 2014 (Case R 1849/2013-

4 and Case R 1503/2013-4), concerning applications for registration of the word sign XAΛΛOYMI and the word sign HALLOUMI, respectively

, as

Community trade marks.Operative part of the judgmentThe Court:Dismisses the action;Orders the Republic of Cyprus to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).

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¹     OJ C 245, 28.7.2014.