CELEX: 62018TA0123
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-123/18: Judgment of the General Court of 14 February 2019 — Bayer Intellectual Property v EUIPO (Representation of a heart) (EU trade mark — Application for an EU figurative mark representing a heart — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

8.4.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 131/44
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 February 2019 — Bayer Intellectual Property v EUIPO (Representation of a heart)
      (Case T-123/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for an EU figurative mark representing a heart - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 131/50)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany) (represented by: V. von Bomhard and J. Fuhrmann, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Graul, S. Hanne and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 December 2017 (Case R 145/2017-1) concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing a heart as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 142, 23.4.2018.