Judgment — ECLI:EU:T:2018:225
Date: 2018-04-25
Language of the case: German
Court formation: Fourth Chamber
Subject matter: Trade marks;Intellectual, industrial and commercial property
Procedure: Action for annulment - unfounded
Origin: Germany

Judgment of the General Court of 25 April 2018 — Romantik Hotels & Restaurants v EUIPO — Hotel Preidlhof (ROMANTIK) (Case T-213/17) 1 (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU word mark ROMANTIK — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)) Language of the case: German Parties Applicant: Romantik Hotels & Restaurants AG (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (represented by: A. Hofmann and W. Göpfert, lawyers) Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Lenz and D. Hanf, acting as Agents) Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Hotel Preidlhof GmbH (Naturns, Italy) (represented by: A. Wittwer, lawyer) Re: Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 February 2017 (Case R 1257/2016-4), concerning invalidity proceedings between Hotel Preidlhof and Romantik Hotels & Restaurants. Operative part of the judgment The Court: 1. Dismisses the action; 2. Orders Romantik Hotels & Restaurants AG to pay the costs. ____________ 1 OJ C 168, 29.5.2017.