CELEX: 62017TA0313
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-313/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2018 — Wajos v EUIPO (Form of a container) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional trade mark — Form of a container — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

26.11.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 427/55
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 3 October 2018 — Wajos v EUIPO (Form of a container)
      (Case T-313/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional trade mark - Form of a container - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2018/C 427/70)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Wajos GmbH (Dohr, Germany) (represented by: J. Schneiders, R. Krillke and B. Schneiders, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Graul and M. Fischer, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 15 February 2017 (Case R 1526/2016-1) concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the form of a container as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 15 February 2017 (Case R 1526/2016-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 231, 17.7.2017.