CELEX: 62018TA0749
Language: en
Date: 2019-09-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-749/18: Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Daimler v EUIPO (ROAD EFFICIENCY) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark ROAD EFFICIENCY — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

16.12.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 423/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 September 2019 — Daimler v EUIPO (ROAD EFFICIENCY)
      (Case T-749/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark ROAD EFFICIENCY - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 423/62)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany) (represented by: P. Kohl, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: W. Schramek and A. Söder, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 October 2018 (Case R 2701/2017-5), concerning an application for registration of the word sign ROAD EFFICIENCY as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Daimler AG to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 65, 18.2.2019.