Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 17.10.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 383/13 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2016 — Beiersdorf v EUIPO (Q10)

(Case T-4/15)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2016383EN.01001301-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Q10 - Refusal to register a disclaimer as to the scope of the protection - Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive Character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009))

(2016/C 383/18)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented initially by: A. Renck and J. Fuhrmann, and subsequently by J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2014 (Case R 2050/2013-1), relating to an application for registration of the figurative sign Q10 as an EU trademark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Beiersdorf AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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