Judgment of the General Court of 10 May 2012 - Amador López v OHIM (AUTOCOACHING)

(Case T-325/11) 

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark AUTOCOACHING - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 8(1)(b) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Pedro Germán Amador López (Barcelona, Spain) (represented by: A. Falcón Morales, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 March 2011 (Case R 1665/2010-2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark AUTOCOACHING as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Pedro Germán Amador López to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 252, 27.8.2011.