CELEX: 62018TA0213
Language: en
Date: 2019-06-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-213/18: Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2019 — Brita v EUIPO (Shape of a faucet) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a faucet — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

26.8.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 288/47
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 19 June 2019 — Brita v EUIPO (Shape of a faucet)
      (Case T-213/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a faucet - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 288/60)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Brita GmbH (Taunusstein, Germany) (represented by: P. Koch Moreno, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 January 2018 (Case R 1864/2017-4), relating to an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a faucet as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Brita GmbH to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 166, 14.5.2018.