CELEX: 62015TA0622
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-622/15: Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2017 — Deere v EUIPO (EXHAUST-GARD) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark EXHAUST-GARD — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Rights of the defence — Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

19.6.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 195/20
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 April 2017 — Deere v EUIPO (EXHAUST-GARD)
   (Case T-622/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark EXHAUST-GARD - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Rights of the defence - Article 75 of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 195/27)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Deere & Company (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented initially by N. Weber and T. Heitmann, and subsequently by N. Weber, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: H. Kunz, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 8 September 2015 (Case R 196/2014-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign EXHAUST-GARD as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Deere & Company to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 7, 11.1.2016.