Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 2 April 2008 - Eurocopter v OHIM (STEADYCONTROL)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark STEADYCONTROL - Absolute grounds of refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation EC No 40/94)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Eurocopter SAS (Marignane, France) (represented by: initially E. Soler Borda, subsequently R. Zeineh, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 12 March 2007 (Case R 8/2006-4) concerning an application for registration of the word mark STEADYCONTROL as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the application;
2. Orders Eurocopter SAS to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C170, of 21.7.2007.