CELEX: 62019TA0255
Language: en
Date: 2019-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-255/19: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne v EUIPO (BOITON) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark BIOTON — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

3.2.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 36/31
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne v EUIPO (BOITON)
      (Case T-255/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark BIOTON - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 36/38)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG (Aichstetten, Germany) (represented by: E. Strauß, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Schäfer and A. Söder, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 February 2019 (Case R 1887/2018-4), relating to an application for registration of the word sign BOITON as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Baustoffwerke Gebhart & Söhne GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 187, 3.6.2019.