CELEX: 62017TA0762
Language: en
Date: 2019-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-762/17: Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2019 — Grammer v EUIPO (Representation of a shape) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark representing a shape — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

6.5.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 155/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 20 March 2019 — Grammer v EUIPO (Representation of a shape)
      (Case T-762/17) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark representing a shape - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 155/49)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Grammer AG (Amberg, Germany) (represented by: J. Bühling and D. Graetsch, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2017 (Case R 2250/2016-4), concerning an application for registration of a shape as an EU figurative 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 6 September 2017 (Case R-2250/2016).
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders EUIPO to pay the costs, including the costs necessarily incurred by Grammer AG for the purposes of the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 22, 22.1.2018.