Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark AUTOCOACHING — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009

Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 10 May 2012 —Amador López v OHIM (AUTOCOACHING)(Case T‑325/11) Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark AUTOCOACHING — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 Community trade mark — Definition and acquisition of the Community trade mark — Absolute grounds for refusal — Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of goods (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c)) (see paras 20, 29, 31-36) Re: ACTION brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 23 March 2011 (Case R 1665/2010‑2) concerning an application for registration of the word mark AUTOCOACHING as a Community trade mark. Operative part The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Pedro Germán Amador López to pay the costs.