Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 21 January 2009 — Hansgrohe v OHIM (AIRSHOWER)

(Case T-307/07) (1)

(Community trade mark - Application for the Community word mark AIRSHOWER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94)

(2009/C 55/41)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Hansgrohe AG (Schiltach, Germany) (represented by: S. Weidert and J. Zehnsdorf, lawyers)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: G. Schneider, initially, and G. Schneider and S. Schäffner, subsequently, Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 31 May 2007 (Case R 1281/2006—1) concerning the registration of the word mark ‘AIRSHOWER’ as a Community trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

(1)  OJ C 235, 6.10.2007.