CELEX: 62015TA0744
Language: en
Date: 2016-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-744/15: Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Puro Italian Style v EUIPO (smartline) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark smartline — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

30.1.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 30/46
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 December 2016 — Puro Italian Style v EUIPO (smartline)
   (Case T-744/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark smartline - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 030/51)
   Language of the case: Italian
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Puro Italian Style SpA (Modena, Italy) (represented by: F. Terrano, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 October 2015 (Case R 2258/2014-1), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign smartline as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Puro Italian Style SpA to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 78, 29.2.2016.