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Judgment of the General Court of 5 February 2015 — nMetric LLC v OHIM (SMARTER SCHEDULING)

(Case T-499/13) 1

(Community trade mark — International registration designating the European Community — Word mark SMARTER SCHEDULING — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: nMetric LLC (Costa Mesa, California, United States) (represented by: T. Fuchs and A. Münch, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 17 June 2013 (Case R 887/2012-2), concerning the international registration, designating the European Community, of the word mark SMARTER SCHEDULING.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders nMetric LLC to pay the costs.

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1     OJ C 344, 5.2.13.