CELEX: 62019TA0862
Language: en
Date: 2020-11-25 00:00:00
Title: Case T-862/19: Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2020 — Brasserie St Avold v EUIPO (shape of a dark bottle) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Three-dimensional sign — Shape of a dark bottle — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

25.1.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 28/43
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 25 November 2020 — Brasserie St Avold v EUIPO (shape of a dark bottle)
      (Case T-862/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Three-dimensional sign - Shape of a dark bottle - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 28/66)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Brasserie St Avold (Saint-Avold, France) (represented by: P. Greffe, D. Brun and F. Donaud, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 21 October 2019 (Case R 466/2019-4), concerning the international registration designating the European Union of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a dark bottle.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Brasserie St Avold to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 61, 24.2.2020.