Judgment of the General Court of 6 June 2013 – Delphi Technologies v OHIM (INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD)

(Case T-515/11) ¹

(Community trade mark – Application for Community word mark INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD – Absolute ground for refusal – Lack of distinctive character – Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Delphi Technologies, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: C. Albrecht and J. Heumann, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonization 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 23 June 2011 (Case 1967/2010-2) concerning an application for the registration of the word mark INNOVATION FOR THE REAL WORLD as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    Dismisses the action.

2.    Orders Delphi Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs.

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¹     OJ C 355, 3.12.2011.