Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:366
Date: 2016-06-28
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 28 June 2016 — salesforce.com, Inc. v EUIPO (SOCIAL.COM) (Case T-134/15) 1 (European Union trade mark — Application for European Union word mark SOCIAL.COM — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: salesforce.com, Inc. (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: A. Nordemann and M. Maier, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent) Re: Action against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 January 2015 (Case R 1752/2014-4), concerning an application for registration of the word mark SOCIAL.COM as a European Union trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders salesforce.com, Inc., to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 171, 26.4.2015.