Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2016:348
Date: 2016-06-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Second Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2016 — Loops v EUIPO (Shape of a toothbrush) (Case T-385/15) 1 (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Three-dimensional mark — Shape of a toothbrush — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: Loops, LLC (Dover, Delaware, United States) (represented by: T. Schmidpeter, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: W. Schramek and A. Schifko, acting as Agents) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 30 April 2015 (Case R 1917/2014-2), concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a toothbrush as an EU trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders Loops, LLC, to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 302, 14.9.2015.