CELEX: 62018TA0669
Language: en
Date: 2019-11-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-669/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2019 — Neoperl v EUIPO (Representation of four filled-in holes in a regular hole pattern) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing four filled-in holes in a regular hole pattern — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

13.1.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 10/32
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 November 2019 — Neoperl v EUIPO (Representation of four filled-in holes in a regular hole pattern)
      (Case T-669/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing four filled-in holes in a regular hole pattern - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 10/43)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Neoperl AG (Reinach, Switzerland) (represented by: H. Börjes-Pestalozza and G. Schultz, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 September 2018 (Case R 2059/2017-5), concerning an application for registration of a sign representing four filled-in holes in a regular hole pattern as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Neoperl AG to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 25, 21.1.2019.