Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 17 September 2008 - Prana Haus v OHIM
(Community trade mark - Application for registration of the word mark PRANAHAUS - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Prana Haus GmbH (Fribourg-en-Brisgau, Germany) (represented by: N. Hebies, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: J. Weberndörfer, acting as Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 April 2007 (Case R 1611/2006-1) concerning an application for registration of the verbal mark PRANAHAUS as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application;
2. Orders Prana Haus GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 211, 8.9.2007.