Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 14 June 2007 - Europig v OHIM (EUROPIG)
(Community trade mark - Application for Community word mark EUROPIG - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Absence of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)
Language of the case: French
Parties
Applicant: Europig SA (Josselin, France) (represented by: D. Masson, lawyer)
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 the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of 31 May 2006 (Case R 1425/2005-4) concerning an application for registration of the word mark EUROPIG as a Community trade mark.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1. Dismisses the action;
2. Orders the applicant to pay the costs.
____________1 - OJ C 261, 28.1.2006.