CELEX: 62015TA0004
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Case T-4/15: Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2016 — Beiersdorf v EUIPO (Q10) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark Q10 — Refusal to register a disclaimer as to the scope of the protection — Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive Character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009)

17.10.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 383/13
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 7 September 2016 — Beiersdorf v EUIPO (Q10)
   (Case T-4/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark Q10 - Refusal to register a disclaimer as to the scope of the protection - Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive Character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 383/18)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented initially by: A. Renck and J. Fuhrmann, and subsequently by J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 October 2014 (Case R 2050/2013-1), relating to an application for registration of the figurative sign Q10 as an EU trademark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Beiersdorf AG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 65, 23.2.2015.