CELEX: 62016TA0866
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-866/16: Judgment of the General Court of 25 January 2018 — SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark billiger-mietwagen.de — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

12.3.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 94/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 25 January 2018 — SilverTours v EUIPO (billiger-mietwagen.de)
   (Case T-866/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark billiger-mietwagen.de - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 094/30)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: SilverTours GmbH (Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) (represented by: P. Neuwald, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 3 November 2016 (Case R 206/2016-5), concerning an application for registration of the word sign billiger-mietwagen.de as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders SilverTours GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 53, 20.2.2017.