5.5.2014
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 135/33
Judgment of the General Court of 14 March 2014 — Lardini v OHIM (Affixing of a flower to a collar)
(Case T-131/13) (1)
((Community trade mark - Application for a Community trade mark consisting in the affixing of a flower to a collar - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
2014/C 135/41
Language of the case: Italian
Parties
Applicant: Lardini Srl (Filottrano, Italy) (represented by: P. Roncaglia, G. Lazzeretti, F. Rossi and N. Parrotta, lawyers)
Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: P. Bullock and N. Bambara, acting as Agents)
Re:
Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 13 December 2012 (Case R 2578/2011-1), concerning an application for registration as a Community trade mark of a sign consisting in the affixing of a flower to a collar.
Operative part of the judgment
The Court:
1.
dismisses the action;
2.
orders Lardini Srl to pay the costs.
(1) OJ C 141, 18.5.2013.
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