CELEX: 62019TA0172
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-172/19: Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 — Cognac Ferrand v EUIPO (Shape of braiding on a bottle) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of braiding on a bottle — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

29.6.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 215/39
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 13 May 2020 — Cognac Ferrand v EUIPO (Shape of braiding on a bottle)
      (Case T-172/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of braiding on a bottle - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 215/48)
      Language of the case: French
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Cognac Ferrand (Paris, France) (represented by: D. Régnier, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Folliard-Monguiral and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 January 2019 (Case R 1640/2018-2) relating to an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign constituted by the shape of braiding on a bottle as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Cognac Ferrand to bear the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 182, 27.5.2019.