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Judgment of the General Court (Fifth Chamber) of 30 November 2017 – Toontrack Music v EUIPO (SUPERIOR DRUMMER)

(Case T-895/16)

(European Union trade mark — Application for EU word mark SUPERIOR DRUMMER — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

| 1. | EU trade mark–Appeals procedure–Action before the EU judicature–Jurisdiction of the General Court–Re-evaluation of the facts in the light of evidence produced for the first time before it–Not included  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 65)  (see para. 15) |

| 2. | EU trade mark–Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark–Absolute grounds for refusal–Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service–Aim–Need to preserve availability  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 21, 24) |

| 3. | EU trade mark–Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark–Absolute grounds for refusal–Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service–Assessment of the descriptive nature of a sign–Criteria  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 22, 23) |

| 4. | EU trade mark–Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark–Absolute grounds for refusal–Marks composed exclusively of signs or indications capable of designating the characteristics of a product or service–Word mark SUPERIOR DRUMMER  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 27, 31-33, 44, 50) |

| 5. | EU trade mark–Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark–Absolute grounds for refusal–Descriptive character of a sign–Circumstance necessarily implying absence of distinctive character of the sign  (Council Regulation No 207/2009, Art. 7(1)(b) and (c))  (see para. 51) |

Re:

ACTION brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 October 2016 (Case R 2438/2015-5) concerning the registration of the word mark SUPERIOR DRUMMER as an EU trade mark.

Operative part

The Court:

| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

| 2. | Orders Toontrack Music AB to pay the costs. |

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