Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2011 - CheckMobile v OHIM (carcheck)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark 'carcheck' - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: CheckMobile GmbH - The Process Solution Company (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: K. Lodigkeit, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 November 2009 (Case R 595/2009-4), relating to an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the word sign 'carcheck'.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders CheckMobile GmbH - The Process Solution Company to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 80, 27.3.2010.