CELEX: 62016TA0717
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Case T-717/16: Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2017 — Waldhausen v EUIPO (Representation of the silhouette of a horse’s head) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark representing the silhouette of a horse’s head — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

13.11.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 382/44
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 26 September 2017 — Waldhausen v EUIPO (Representation of the silhouette of a horse’s head)
   (Case T-717/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark representing the silhouette of a horse’s head - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 382/53)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Waldhausen GmbH & Co. KG (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: V. Ekey, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: S. Hanne, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 31 August 2016 (Case R 1195/2016-4), concerning an application for registration of a figurative sign representing the silhouette of a horse’s head as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Waldhausen GmbH & Co. KG to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 441, 28.11.2016.