CELEX: 62018TA0747
Language: en
Date: 2019-12-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-747/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Refan Bulgaria v EUIPO (Shape of a flower) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of a flower — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Rights of the defence — Obligation to state reasons)

3.2.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 36/29
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 December 2019 — Refan Bulgaria v EUIPO (Shape of a flower)
      (Case T-747/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of a flower - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Rights of the defence - Obligation to state reasons)
      (2020/C 36/36)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Refan Bulgaria OOD (Trud, Bulgaria) (represented by: A. Ivanova, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Lukošiūtė, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 6 September 2018 (Case R 2518/2017-1), regarding an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of a flower as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Refan Bulgaria OOD to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 72, 25.2.2019.