CELEX: 62015TA0054
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-28 00:00:00
Title: Case T-54/15: Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Jääkiekon SM-liiga v EUIPO (Liiga) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Liiga — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 April 2016 — Jääkiekon SM-liiga v EUIPO (Liiga)
      (Case T-54/15) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Liiga - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) and Article 7(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
      (2016/C 211/62)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Jääkiekon SM-liiga Oy (Helsinki, Finland) (represented by: L. Laaksonen, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Schifko and E. Śliwińska, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 1 December 2014 (Case R 576/2014-2) concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Liiga as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Jääkiekon SM-liiga Oy to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 107, 30.3.2015.