CELEX: 62015TA0240
Language: en
Date: 2016-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Case T-240/15: Judgment of the General Court of 1 June 2016 — Grupo Bimbo v EUIPO (Form of a bar with four circles) (European Union trade mark — Application for three-dimensional European Union trade mark — Form of a bar with four circles — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Obligation to state reasons)

11.7.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 251/28
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 1 June 2016 — Grupo Bimbo v EUIPO (Form of a bar with four circles)
   (Case T-240/15) (1)
   
   ((European Union trade mark - Application for three-dimensional European Union trade mark - Form of a bar with four circles - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Rights of the defence - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Obligation to state reasons))
   (2016/C 251/31)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV (Mexico City, Mexico) (represented by: N. Fernández Fernández Pacheco, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Muñiz Rodríguez and A. Schifko, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 2 March 2015 (Case R 1602/2014 1) concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the form of a bar with four circles as a European Union trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Grupo Bimbo, SAB de CV to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 236, 20.7.2015.