Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:2
Date: 2019-01-10
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded;Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 10 January 2019 — achtung! v EUIPO (achtung!) (Case T-832/17) 1 (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark achtung! — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: achtung! GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: G. Seelig and D. Bischof, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: initially A. Söder, J. Schäfer and D. Walicka, and subsequently A. Söder, J. Schäfer and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 October 2017 (Case R 490/2017-4), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark achtung!. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders achtung! GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 63, 19.2.2018.