CELEX: 62020TA0093
Language: en
Date: 2021-03-24 00:00:00
Title: Case T-93/20: Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctiveness — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Laudatory character)

7.6.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 217/41
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 24 March 2021 — Albert Darboven Holding v EUIPO (WINDSOR-CASTLE)
      (Case T-93/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctiveness - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Laudatory character)
      (2021/C 217/54)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Albert Darboven Holding GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: A. Thünken, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Schäfer, A. Söder and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 19 December 2019 (Case R 2448/2018-1) relating to an application for registration of the word mark WINDSOR-CASTLE as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 19 December 2019 (Case R 2448/2018-1);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 114, 6.4.2020.