Judgment of the General Court of 13 September 2012 - Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad v OHIM (ESPETEC)
(Case T-72/11)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ESPETEC - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive nature - Lack of distinctiveness - Lack of distinctiveness acquired by use - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad, SL (Vic, Spain) (represented by: initially by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda Sousa, T. Barceló Rebaque and N. Esteve Manasanch, and subsequently by: J. de Oliveira Vaz Miranda Sousa and N. Esteve Manasanch)
Defendant: OHIM (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
Re:
Annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 November 2010 (Case R 312/2010-2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark ESPETEC as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
Dismisses the action;
Orders Sogepi Consulting y Publicidad, SL to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 113, 9.4.2011.