Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 5 September 2012

Euro-Information - Européenne de traitement de l'information v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)

Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive nature — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Case T‑497/11


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
05/10/2012 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
Judgment
ECLI:EU:T:2012:402
05/09/2012 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
Judgment (Information)
ECLI:EU:T:2012:402
05/09/2012 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
Application (OJ)
02/12/2011 Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general - 'Information on unpublished decisions' section)

Subject-matter

Annulment of the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) of 7 July 2011 in Case No R 370/2011-2 dismissing the appeal against the Examiner’s decision, which refused in part registration of the word mark ‘EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT’ for goods and services in Classes 9, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42 and 45

Systematic classification scheme

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4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.03 Descriptive marks
          4.11.03.01.03.01
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.11 Approximation of laws
    4.11.03 European Union trade mark
      4.11.03.01 Absolute grounds for refusal
        4.11.03.01.13 Signs examined
          4.11.03.01.13.03 Descriptive marks
            4.11.03.01.13.03.01 Word marks


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

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Opinion

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Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 19/09/2011

Date of the Opinion

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Date of the hearing

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Date of delivery

05/09/2012


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 370 from 17.12.2011, p.25

Judgment: OJ C 319 from 20.10.2012, p.9

Name of the parties

Euro-Information v OHIM (EURO AUTOMATIC PAIEMENT)

Notes on Academic Writings

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Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

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Subject-matter

  • Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
  • - Trade marks

Provisions of national law referred to

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Provisions of international law referred to

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Procedure and result

  • Actions for annulment : dismissal on substantive grounds

Formation of the Court

quatrième chambre (Tribunal)

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

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Language(s) of the Case

  • French

Language(s) of the Opinion

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