Judgment of the General Court of 5 September 2012 - Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)

(Case T-497/11) 

(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive nature - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Euro-Information - Européenne de traitement de l'information (Strasbourg, France) (represented by: A. Grolée, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: V. Melgar, agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 7 July 2011 (Case No R 370/2011-2), concerning an application to register the word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Euro-Information - Européenne de traitement de l'information to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 370, 17.12.2011.