Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 30.1.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 30/46 |

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Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Puro Italian Style v EUIPO (smartline)

(Case T-744/15)[(1)](#ntr1-C_2017030EN.01004601-E0001)

((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark smartline - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

(2017/C 030/51)

Language of the case: Italian

Parties

Applicant: Puro Italian Style SpA (Modena, Italy) (represented by: F. Terrano, lawyer)

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

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 October 2015 (Case R 2258/2014-1), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign smartline as an EU trade mark.

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

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| 1. | Dismisses the action; |

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| 2. | Orders Puro Italian Style SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). |

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