CELEX: 62020TA0152
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Case T-152/20: Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2020 — BSH Hausgeräte v EUIPO (Home Connect) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Home Connect — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Sufficiently direct and specific relationship with the goods covered by the trade mark application — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)

25.1.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 28/48
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 2 December 2020 — BSH Hausgeräte v EUIPO (Home Connect)
      (Case T-152/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Home Connect - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Sufficiently direct and specific relationship with the goods covered by the trade mark application - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 28/73)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (Munich, Germany) (represented by: S. Biagosch, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Walicka, Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 10 January 2020 (Case R 1751/2019-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Home Connect as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders BSH Hausgeräte GmbH to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 191, 8.6.2020.