Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2010 - hofherr communikation GmbH v OHIM (NATURE WATCH)

(Case T-77/09) ¹

(Community trade mark - International registration designating the European Community - Word mark NATURE WATCH - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: hofherr communikation GmbH (Innsbruck, Austria) (represented by: S. Warbek, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 4 December 2008 (Case R 1410/2008-1) concerning the international registration, designating the European Community, of the word sign NATURE WATCH.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action.

2.    Orders hofherr communikation GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 90, 18.4.2009.