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Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 2 April 2008 - Eurocopter v OHIM (STEADYCONTROL)

(Case T-181/07) 1

(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.

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1 - OJ C170, of 21.7.2007.