Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:254
Date: 2017-04-05
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 5 April 2017 — Tractel Greifzug v EUIPO — Shenxi Machinery (Shape of a motor-driven rope winch) (Case T-621/15) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a motor-driven rope winch — Absolute ground for refusal — Sign consisting exclusively of the shape of goods which is necessary to obtain a technical result — Article 7(1)(e)(ii) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Tractel Greifzug GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) (represented by: U. Lüken and C. Maierhöfer, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Shenxi Machinery Co. Ltd (Wuxi, China) (represented by: C. Vossius, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 September 2015 (Case R 1658/2014-1), relating to invalidity proceedings between Shenxi Machinery and Tractel Greifzug. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Tractel Greifzug GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); 3. Orders Shenxi Machinery Co. Ltd to bear its own costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 16, 18.1.2016.