Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2019:895
Date: 2019-12-19
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 19 December 2019 — Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke v EUIPO (Bad Reichenhaller Alpensaline) (Case T-69/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Bad Reichenhaller Alpensaline — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG (Heilbronn, Germany) (represented by: M. Douglas, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Eberl and A. Söder, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2018 (Case R 412/2018-1) relating to an application for registration of the figurative sign Bad Reichenhaller Alpensaline as an EU trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. dismisses the action; 2. orders Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 112, 25.3.2019.