CELEX: 62017TA0460
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Case T-460/17: Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2018 — Bopp v EUIPO (Representation of an equilateral octagon) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a blue octagonal frame — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

28.1.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 35/23
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 21 November 2018 — Bopp v EUIPO (Representation of an equilateral octagon)
      (Case T-460/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a blue octagonal frame - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and Article 94 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 35/28)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Carsten Bopp (Glashütten, Germany) (represented by: F. Pröckl, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 May 2017 (Case R 1954/2016-4) concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing a blue octagonal frame as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Mr Carsten Bopp to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 300, 11.9.2017.