CELEX: 62020TA0622
Language: en
Date: 2021-07-14 00:00:00
Title: Case T-622/20: Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Aldi v EUIPO (Cachet) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Cachet — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

30.8.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 349/37
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 14 July 2021 — Aldi v EUIPO (Cachet)
      (Case T-622/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark Cachet - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 349/52)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Aldi GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) (represented by: N. Lützenrath, C. Fürsen and M. Minkner, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Śliwińska and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 11 August 2020 (Case R 452/2020-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign Cachet as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 11 August 2020 (Case R 452/2020-4) in so far as it concerns the ‘sanitary preparations for medical purposes’ referred to in the trade mark application;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action as to the remainder;
               
            
                  3.
               
               
                  Orders Aldi GmbH & Co. KG and EUIPO to bear their own respective costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 399, 23.11.2020.