Information;Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2020:127
Date: 2020-03-26
Language of the case: German
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 26 March 2020 — Muratbey Gida v EUIPO (Shape of a twisted cheese) (Case T 570/19) 1 (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a twisted cheese — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Muratbey Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (Istanbul, Turkey) (represented by: M. Schork, lawyer) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder, acting as Agent) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 13 June 2019 (Case R 106/2019-4) relating to an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a twisted cheese as an EU trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Muratbey Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 328, 30.9.2019.