Judgment of the General Court of 12 February 2015 — Vita Phone v OHIM — (LIFEDATA)

(Case T-318/13) ¹

(Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark LIFEDATA — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) and Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Lack of specific assessment — Duty to state reasons)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Vita Phone GmbH (Mannheim, Germany) (represented by: P. Ruess and A. Doepner-Thiele, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Marten and G. Schneider, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 26 March 2013 (Case R 1072/2012-1) concerning an application for registration of the word mark LIFEDATA as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action;

2.    Orders Vita Phone GmbH to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 226, 3.8.2013.