Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 19 May 2009 - Euro-Information v OHIM (CYBERCREDIT, CYBERGESTION, CYBERGUICHET, CYBERBOURSE and CYBERHOME)

(Joined Cases T-211/06, T-213/06, T-245/06, T-155/07 and T-178/07) ¹

(Community trade mark - Applications for Community word marks CYBERCREDIT, CYBERGESTION, CYBERGUICHET, CYBERBOURSE and CYBERHOME - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 - Lack of distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 40/94)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: Européenne de traitement de l'information (Euro-Information) (Strasbourg, France) (represented by: P. Greffe, J. Schouman, A. Jacquet and L. Paudrat, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral, agent.)

Re:

Actions brought against the decisions of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 May (Case R 0068/2006-1), 12 June (Case R 0066/2006-1), 5 July 2006 (Case R 0067/2006-1), 28 February (Case R 1046/2006-1) and 15 March 2007 (Case R 0067/2006-1), concerning registration of the signs CYBERGESTION (Case T-213/06), CYBERCREDIT (Case T-211/06), CYBERGUICHET (Case T-245/06), CYBERBOURSE (Case T-155/07) and CYBERHOME (Case T-178/07) as Community trade marks.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.    The actions are dismissed;

2.    Européenne de traitement de l'information (Euro-Information) is ordered to pay the costs.

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¹ - OJ C 249, 14.10.2006.