Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2015:230
Date: 2015-04-28
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2015 — Volkswagen v OHIM (EXTRA) (Case T-216/14) 1 (Community trade mark — Application for Community word mark EXTRA — Mark comprised of an advertising slogan — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Sander and J. Eberhardt, lawyers) Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: initially M. Fischer, then A. Schifko, agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 6 February 2014 (Case R 1788/2013-1) relating to the application for registration of the word sign EXTRA as a Community trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders Volkswagen AG to pay the costs. ____________ ____________ 1 OJ C 194, 24.6.2014.