Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2017:387
Date: 2017-06-14
Language of the case: English
Court formation: Third Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded

Judgment of the General Court of 14 June 2017 — LG Electronics v EUIPO (Second Display) (Case T-659/16) 1 (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Second Display — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptiveness — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009) Language of the case: English Parties Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, Republic of Korea) (represented by: T. de Haan and P. Péters, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas, acting as Agent) Re: Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO dated 10 June 2016 (Case R 106/2016-1) concerning an application for registration of the word sign Second Display as an EU trade mark. Operative part of the judgment The Court: Dismisses the action; Orders LG Electronics, Inc. to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.