Judgment of the General Court of 10 July 2013 – Kreyenberg v OHIM – Commission (MEMBER OF €e euro experts)
(Case T-3/12) 1
(Community trade mark – Invalidity proceedings – Figurative Community trade mark MEMBER OF €e euro experts – Absolute ground for refusal – Symbols of the European Union and its spheres of activity – Euro symbol – Article 7(1)(i) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Heinrich Kreyenberg (Ratingen, Germany) (represented by: J. Krenzel, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Poch, acting as Agent)
Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal: European Commission
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 October 2011 (Case R 1804/2010-2) concerning invalidity proceedings between the European Commission and Mr Heinrich Kreyenberg.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Mr Heinrich Kreyenberg to bear his own costs and to pay the costs incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
____________1 OJ C 65, 3.3.2012.