Judgment of the General Court of 10 March 2010 - Baid v OHIM (LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009) - Duty to state reasons - First sentence of Article 73 of Regulation No 40/94 (now the first sentence of Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Baid SARL (Paris, France) (represented by: M. Grasset, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, acting as Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 October 2008 (Case R 963/2008-1), concerning an application to register the word sign LE GOMMAGE DES FACADES as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Baid SARL to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 69, 21.3.2009.