Judgment;Information — ECLI:EU:T:2021:148
Date: 2021-03-17
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 17 March 2021 – Steinel v EUIPO (MobileHeat) (Case T-226/20) 1 (EU trade mark – Application for the EU word mark MobileHeat – Relative ground for refusal – Descriptive nature – Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Steinel GmbH (Herzebrock-Clarholz, Germany) (represented by: M. Breuer and K. Freudenstein, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 February 2020 (Case R 2472/2019-2) concerning an application for registration of the word sign MobileHeat as an EU trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Steinel GmbH to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 201, 15.6.2020.