Judgment of the General Court of 9 March 2012 - Cortés del Valle López v OHIM (¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA)

(Case T-417/10) 

(Community trade mark - Application for Community figurative mark ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA - Absolute ground for refusal - Trade mark contrary to public policy or to accepted principles of morality - Article 7(1)(f) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Applicant: Federico Cortés del Valle López (Maliaño, Spain) (represented by: J. Calderón Chavero and T. Villate Consonni, lawyers)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 June 2010 (Case R 175/2010-2) concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of the figurative sign ¡Que buenu ye! HIJOPUTA.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Mr Federico Cortés del Valle López to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 301, 6.11.2010.