Order of the General Court of 19 May 2010 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Golden Toast v OHIM (Golden Toast)

(Case T-163/08) ¹

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark Golden Toast - 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))

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Golden Toast e.V. (Düsseldorf, Germany) (represented by: A. Späth and G. Hasselblatt, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 January 2008 (Case R 761/2007-1) relating to an application to register the word sign Golden Toast as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the order

The Court

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Golden Toast e.V. to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 171, 5. 7. 2008.