CELEX: 62017TA0824
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-824/17: Judgment of the General Court of 27 November 2018 — H2O Plus v EUIPO (H 2 O+) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark H 2 O+ — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

4.2.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 44/44
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 November 2018 — H2O Plus v EUIPO (H 2 O+)
      (Case T-824/17) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Figurative mark H 2 O+ - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 44/55)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: H2O Plus LLC (San Francisco, California, United States) (represented by: R. Niebel and F. Kerl, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented initially by: S. Palmero Cabezas and D. Walicka, then by S. Palmero Cabezas and H.J. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 October 2017 (Case R 499/2017-1), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark H 2 O+.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders H2O Plus LLC to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 63, 19.2.2018.