Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 20.5.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 172/36 |

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Order of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Herholz v EUIPO (#)

(Case T-631/18) [(1)](#ntr1-C_2019172EN.01003601-E0001)

(EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark # - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Claim for alteration - Manifest inadmissibility)

(2019/C 172/49)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Herholz Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG (Ahaus, Germany) (represented by: D. Sprenger, lawyer)

Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Sesma Merino and A. Söder, acting as Agents)

Re:

Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 August 2018 (Case R 445/2018-2), regarding an application for registration of the word sign # as an EU trade mark

Operative part of the order

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| 1. | The action is dismissed. |

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| 2. | Herholz Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG shall pay the costs. |

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