CELEX: 62017TA0251
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-28 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-251/17 and T-252/17: Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Robert Bosch v EUIPO (Simply. Connected.) (EU trade mark — Applications for the EU figurative marks Simply. Connected. — Relative ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Scope of the examination which has to be carried out by the Board of Appeal — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) — Article 64 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001))

20.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 172/28
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 28 March 2019 — Robert Bosch v EUIPO (Simply. Connected.)
      (Cases T-251/17 and T-252/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Applications for the EU figurative marks Simply. Connected. - Relative ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Scope of the examination which has to be carried out by the Board of Appeal - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001) - Article 64 of Regulation No 207/2009 (now Article 71 of Regulation 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 172/39)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: S. Völker and M. Pemsel, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: V. Mensing and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Actions brought against the decisions of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 March 2017 (Case R 948/2016-5) and 10 March 2017 (Case R 947/2016-5), regarding applications for registration of the figurative signs Simply. Connected. as EU trade marks
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
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                     Joins Cases T-251/17 and T-252/17 for the purposes of the judgment;
                  
               
            
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                     Dismisses the actions;
                  
               
            
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                     Orders Robert Bosch GmbH to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 195, 19.6.2017.