CELEX: 62017TA0413
Language: en
Date: 2018-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-413/17: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Karl Storz v EUIPO (3D) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark 3D — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Absence of any distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))

201807130552004232018/C 268/454132017TC26820180730EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180619373711Case T-413/17: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Karl Storz v EUIPO (3D) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark 3D — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Absence of any distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))
 ---documentbreak--- C2682018EN3710120180619EN0045371371Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2018 — Karl Storz v EUIPO (3D)
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   ‛(EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Figurative mark 3D — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Absence of any distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Obligation to state reasons — Article 75(1) of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001))’2018/C 268/45Language of the case: English
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG (Tuttlingen, Germany) (represented by: S. Gruber and N. Siebertz, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 April 2017 (Case R 1502/2016 2), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the figurative mark 3D.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Annuls the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 April 2017 (Case R 1502/2016-2) in respect of ‘stationery’ goods which fall within Class 16 of the Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks of 15 June 1957, as revised and amended;
         
      
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            Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
         
      
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            Orders each party to bear its own costs.
         
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      )	OJ C 277, 21.8.2017.