Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

Order of the General Court (Second Chamber) of 11 June 2020 –  
Perfect Bar v EUIPO (PERFECT Bar)

(Case T‑563/19)

(Action for annulment – EU trade mark – Application for EU figurative mark PERFECT Bar – Absolute grounds for refusal – No distinctive character – Descriptive character – Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 – Decision taken following the annulment by the General Court of an earlier decision – Article 72(6) of Regulation 2017/1001 – Action manifestly lacking any foundation in law)

| 1. | Action for annulment – Judgment ordering annulment – Effects – Obligation to adopt implementing measures – Scope – Account to be taken of both the operative part and the grounds of the judgment – Retroactive effect of annulment  (Art. 266 TFEU)  (see paras 25, 26) |

| 2. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Aim – Requirement of availability  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see para. 41) |

| 3. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Concept  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 42-44) |

| 4. | EU trade mark – Definition and acquisition of the EU trade mark – Absolute grounds for refusal – Marks consisting exclusively of signs or indications which may serve to designate the characteristics of a product or service – Figurative mark PERFECT Bar  (Regulation 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Art. 7(1)(c))  (see paras 57-60) |

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 June 2019 (Case R 372/2019-5), relating to the application for registration of the figurative sign PERFECT Bar as an EU trade mark.

Operative part

| 1. | Dismisses the action as manifestly lacking any foundation in law. |

| 2. | Orders Perfect Bar LLC to pay the costs. |

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