Gemeenschapsmerk – Verzoeken om vernietiging van het woordmerk 'ELITEPAD' en 'ELITEDISPLAY' voor waren van klasse 9.
Het GEU oordeelt in beide arresten dat het BHIM terecht tot de conclusie is gekomen dat het teken, door de waren en diensten waarvoor het is aangevraagd, door het publiek zal worden begrepen als verwijzing naar computers of computer hardware inhoudende een paneel die reageert op druk of aanrakingen en welke exclusief is of exclusieve en speciale karaktereigenschappen heeft of over excellente kwaliteit beschikt. Het aangevraagde merk is daarom beschrijvend.
35 In the present case, because of the goods designated by the mark applied for and the way in which the sign ELITEPAD would be perceived by the relevant public, the application for registration was caught by the ground for refusal set out in Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009. Therefore, the applicant cannot successfully rely, for the purposes of casting doubt on the conclusion reached by the Board of Appeal in the contested decision, on OHIM’s previous decisions (see, to that effect, judgments in Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol v OHIM, cited in paragraph 34 above, EU:C:2011:139, paragraphs 78 and 79, and of 13 January 2014 in LaserSoft Imaging v OHIM (WorkflowPilot), T‑475/12, EU:T:2014:2, paragraph 32).
37 In the present case, because of the goods designated by the mark applied for and the way in which the sign ELITEDISPLAY would be perceived by the relevant public, the application for registration was caught by the ground for refusal set out in Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009. Therefore, the applicant cannot successfully rely, for the purposes of casting doubt on the conclusion reached by the Board of Appeal in the contested decision, on OHIM’s previous decisions (see, to that effect, judgments in Agencja Wydawnicza Technopol v OHIM, cited in paragraph 36 above, EU:C:2011:139, paragraphs 78 and 79, and of 13 January 2014 in LaserSoft Imaging v OHIM (WorkflowPilot), T‑475/12, EU:T:2014:2, paragraph 32).
Lees de arresten hier en hier.
