CELEX: 62016TB0021
Language: en
Date: 2017-03-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-21/16: Order of the General Court of 14 March 2017 — Karl Conzelmann v EUIPO (LIKE IT) (EU trade mark — Application for registration of the word mark LIKE IT — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

8.5.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 144/43
            
         Order of the General Court of 14 March 2017 — Karl Conzelmann v EUIPO (LIKE IT)
   (Case T-21/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for registration of the word mark LIKE IT - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 144/59)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Karl Conzelmann GmbH + Co. KG (Albstadt, Germany) (represented by: J. Klink, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Graul and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 November 2015 (Case R 223/2015-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign LIKE IT as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed.
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Karl Conzelmann GmbH + Co. KG shall pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 98, 14.3.2016.