10.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 262/33


Action brought on 31 May 2015 — Smarter Travel Media/OHIM (SMARTER TRAVEL)

(Case T-290/15)

(2015/C 262/44)

Language of the case: English

Parties

Applicant: Smarter Travel Media LLC (Boston, United States of America) (represented by: P. Olson, lawyer)

Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM)

Details of the proceedings before OHIM

Trade mark at issue: Community figurative mark containing the word elements ‘SMARTER TRAVEL’ — Application for registration No 12 460 044

Contested decision: Decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 20/03/2015 in Case R 1986/2014-2

Form of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

annul the contested decision;

order OHIM to pay the costs.

Pleas in law

The Board of Appeal erred in finding that the mark was not distinctive;

The Board of Appeal erred in misapplying the Bild decision;

The Board of Appeal erred in not taking into account that the trademark contained an independently registrable element;

The Board of Appeal erred in not taking into account that the same trademark with a different logo had been registered for essentially the same services and that the new application is merely a modernization;

The Board of Appeal erred in not making a global assessment.