CELEX: 62019TA0522
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-522/19: Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — Aldi v EUIPO (BBQ BARBECUE SEASON) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark BBQ BARBECUE SEASON — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)

16.11.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 390/32
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 23 September 2020 — Aldi v EUIPO (BBQ BARBECUE SEASON)
      (Case T-522/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark BBQ BARBECUE SEASON - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 390/46)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, U. Rademacher, C. Fürsen and M. Minkner, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 17 May 2019 (Case R 1359/2018-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign BBQ BARBECUE SEASON as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Aldi GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 305, 9.9.2019.