CELEX: 62018TA0469
Language: en
Date: 2019-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Case T-469/18: Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Battelle Memorial Institute v EUIPO (HEATCOAT) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark HEATCOAT — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Equal treatment — Principle of sound administration)

8.7.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 230/45
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 8 May 2019 — Battelle Memorial Institute v EUIPO (HEATCOAT)
      (Case T-469/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark HEATCOAT - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Equal treatment - Principle of sound administration)
      (2019/C 230/56)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio, United States) (represented by: B. Brandreth QC)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: P. Sipos and H. O’Neill, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Second Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 16 May 2018 (Case R 36/2018-2), relating to an application for registration of the word sign HEATCOAT as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Battelle Memorial Institute to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 341, 24.9.2018.