CELEX: 62013TA0085
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-85/13: Judgment of the General Court of 13 June 2014  — K-Swiss v OHIM — Künzli SwissSchuh (parallel stripes on a shoe) (Community trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — Community figurative mark representing parallel stripes on a shoe — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))

28.7.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 245/13
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 June 2014 — K-Swiss v OHIM — Künzli SwissSchuh (parallel stripes on a shoe)
   (Case T-85/13) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - Community figurative mark representing parallel stripes on a shoe - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 40/94 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)))
   2014/C 245/18
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: K-Swiss, Inc. (Westlake, California, United States) (represented by: R. Niebel and K. Tasma, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
   
      Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of OHIM: Künzli SwissSchuh AG (Windisch, Switzerland)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of OHIM of 30 October 2012 (Case R 174/2011-2), relating to invalidity proceedings between Künzli SwissSchuh AG and K-Swiss, Inc.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1)
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2)
            
            
               Orders K-Swiss, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 123, 27.4.2013.