CELEX: 62014TA0695
Language: en
Date: 2015-12-03 00:00:00
Title: Case T-695/14: Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2015 — Omega International v OHIM (Representation of a white circle and a white rectangle inside a black rectangle) (Community trade mark — Application for a Community figurative mark representing a white circle and a white rectangle inside a black rectangle — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

25.1.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 27/53
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 3 December 2015 — Omega International v OHIM (Representation of a white circle and a white rectangle inside a black rectangle)
   (Case T-695/14) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for a Community figurative mark representing a white circle and a white rectangle inside a black rectangle - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2016/C 027/67)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Omega International (Bad Oldesloe, Germany) (represented by: J. P. Becker, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: D. Walicka, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 18 July 2014 (Case R 1037/2014-5) relating to an application for registration of a figurative sign representing a white circle and a white rectangle inside a black rectangle as a Community trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Omega International GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 409, 17.11.2014.