CELEX: 62020TA0253
Language: en
Date: 2021-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Case T-253/20: Judgment of the General Court of 20 January 2021 — Oatly v EUIPO (IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS — Absolute ground for refusal — Distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

1.3.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 72/25
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 20 January 2021 — Oatly v EUIPO (IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS)
      (Case T-253/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS - Absolute ground for refusal - Distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 72/37)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Oatly AB (Malmö, Sweden) (represented by: M. Johansson, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Ivanauskas and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 February 2020 (Case R 2446/2019-5), regarding an application for registration of the word sign IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 7 February 2020 (Case R 2446/2019-5), regarding an application for registration of the word sign IT’S LIKE MILK BUT MADE FOR HUMANS as an EU trade mark;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by Oatly AB.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 215, 29.6.2020.