CELEX: 62018TA0629
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-629/18: Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — mobile.de v EUIPO (Representation of a car in a speech bubble) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a car in a speech bubble — Admissibility of the action before the Board of Appeal — Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Restriction of the list of goods or services covered by the mark applied for — Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 — Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Obligation to adjudicate on a request for restriction)

8.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/46
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 7 May 2019 — mobile.de v EUIPO (Representation of a car in a speech bubble)
      (Case T-629/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a car in a speech bubble - Admissibility of the action before the Board of Appeal - Article 49(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Restriction of the list of goods or services covered by the mark applied for - Article 27(5) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/625 - Extent of the examination to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Obligation to adjudicate on a request for restriction)
      (2019/C 230/57)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: mobile.de GmbH (Dreilinden, Germany) (represented by: T. Lührig, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 August 2018 (Case R 2653/2017-4), concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing a car in a speech bubble.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 August 2018 (Case R 2653/2017-4);
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 445, 10.12.2018.