26.11.2011 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 347/29 |
Judgment of the General Court of 11 October 2011 — Chestnut Medical Technologies v OHIM (PIPELINE)
(Case T-87/10) (1)
(Community trade mark - Application for registration of the Community word mark PIPELINE - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Obligation to state the reasons on which the decision is based - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)
2011/C 347/46
Language of the case: English
Parties
Applicant: Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. (Menlo Park, California, United States) (represented by: H.P. Kunz-Hallstein and R. Kunz-Hallstein, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Botis, Agent)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 10 December 2009 (Case R 968/2009-2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark PIPELINE as a Community trade mark
Operative part of the judgment
The General Court:
1. |
Dismisses the action; |
2. |
Orders Chestnut Medical Technologies, Inc. to pay the costs. |