Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2010 - Ilink Kommunikationssysteme v OHIM (ilink)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark ilink - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 )
Language of the case: German
Parties
Applicant: Ilink Kommunikationssysteme GmbH (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: B Schütze, lawyer)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Pohlmann, Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 5 February 2009 (Case R 1849/2007-4), relating to registration of the word sign 'ilink' as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders Ilink Kommunikationssysteme GmbH to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 153 of 4.7.2009.