CELEX: 62014TA0385
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-30 00:00:00
Title: Case T-385/14: Judgment of the General Court of 30 September 2015 — Volkswagen v OHIM (ULTIMATE) (Community trade mark — Application for Community word ULTIMATE — Absolute ground for refusal — Absence of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

23.11.2015   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 389/51
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 30 September 2015 — Volkswagen v OHIM (ULTIMATE)
   (Case T-385/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for Community word ULTIMATE - Absolute ground for refusal - Absence of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2015/C 389/57)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany) (represented by: U. Sander, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of OHIM of 24 March 2014 (Case R 1787/2013-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign ULTIMATE as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders Volkswagen AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 253, 4.8.2014.