Order — ECLI:EU:T:2019:208
Date: 2019-03-28
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - inadmissible
Origin: Germany

Order of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Herholz v EUIPO (#) (Case T-631/18) 1 (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark # — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Claim for alteration — Manifest inadmissibility ) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Herholz Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (Ahaus, Germany) (represented by: D. Sprenger, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Sesma Merino and A. Söder, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2018 (Case R 445/2018-2), regarding an application for registration of the word sign # as an EU trade mark Operative part of the order 1. The action is dismissed. 2. Herholz Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG shall pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 445, 10.12.2018.