Judgment of the General Court of 15 November 2012 - Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter v OHIM (GG)
(Case T-278/09)
(Community trade mark - Application for the Community collective word mark GG - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter eV, formerly Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter eV (Mainz, Germany) (represented by: N. Schindler, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially B. Schmidt, subsequently G. Schneider and lastly D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 April 2009 (Case R 1568/2008-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign GG as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter eV to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 220, 12.9.2009.