CELEX: 62015TA0516
Language: en
Date: 2017-02-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-516/15: Judgment of the General Court of 16 February 2017 — Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult v EUIPO (Limbic® Types) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark Limbic® Types — Lack of distinctive character — Absolute ground for refusal — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

3.4.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 104/46
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 16 February 2017 — Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult v EUIPO (Limbic® Types)
   (Case T-516/15) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark Limbic® Types - Lack of distinctive character - Absolute ground for refusal - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 104/65)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult AG (Munich, Germany) (represented by: R. Kunze and G. Würtenberger, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Fischer, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 23 June 2015 (Case R 1974/2014-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign Limbic® Types as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Annuls the decision of the First Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 23 June 2015 (Case R 1974/2014-1);
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders that EUIPO shall bear its own costs as well as those incurred by Gruppe Nymphenburg Consult AG.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 354, 26.10.2015.