CELEX: 62021TA0259
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-259/21: Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 — Neolith Distribution v EUIPO (Representation of an ornamental pattern) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU pattern mark — Representation of an ornamental pattern — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

14.3.2022   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 119/39
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 January 2022 — Neolith Distribution v EUIPO (Representation of an ornamental pattern)
      (Case T-259/21) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for an EU pattern mark - Representation of an ornamental pattern - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2022/C 119/53)
      Language of the case: Spanish
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Neolith Distribution, SL (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández-Pacheco, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 March 2021 (Case R 2155/2020-4), regarding an application for registration of a pattern sign representing an ornamental pattern as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Neolith Distribution, SL, to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 252, 28.6.2021.