CELEX: 62017TA0250
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Case T-250/17: Judgment of the General Court of 23 January 2018 — avanti v EUIPO (avanti) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU figurative mark avanti — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

5.3.2018   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 83/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 23 January 2018 — avanti v EUIPO (avanti)
   (Case T-250/17) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU figurative mark avanti - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2018/C 083/32)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: avanti GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) (represented by: M. Bahmann, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Schifko, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 14 February 2017 (Case R 801/2016-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign Avanti as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders avanti GmbH to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 195, 19.6.2017.