CELEX: 62015TA0089
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-89/15: Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2016 — Niagara Bottling v EUIPO (NIAGARA) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark NIAGARA — Absolute grounds for refusal — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/50
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2016 — Niagara Bottling v EUIPO (NIAGARA)
      (Case T-89/15) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark NIAGARA - Absolute grounds for refusal - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
      (2016/C 211/63)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Niagara Bottling LLC (Ontario, United States) (represented by: M. Edenborough QC)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (represented by: A. Jakab, A. Schifko and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 12 December 2014 (Case R 784/2014-5), concerning the international registration designating the European Union of the word mark NIAGARA.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Niagara Bottling LLC to bear the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 118, 13.4.2015.