CELEX: 62013TA0053
Language: en
Date: 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Title: Case T-53/13: Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2014  — Vans v OHIM (Representation of a wavy line) (Community trade mark — Application for the Community figurative mark representing a wavy line — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 — Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009)

22.12.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 462/23
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 6 November 2014 — Vans v OHIM (Representation of a wavy line)
   (Case T-53/13) (1)
   
   ((Community trade mark - Application for the Community figurative mark representing a wavy line - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation No 207/2009 - Article 76 of Regulation No 207/2009 - Article 75 of Regulation No 207/2009))
   (2014/C 462/35)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Vans, Inc. (Cypress, California, United States) (represented by: M. Hirsch, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (represented by: Ó. Mondéjar Ortuño, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of OHIM of 14 November 2012 (Case R 860/2012-5), concerning the application for registration as a Community trade mark of a figurative sign representing a wavy line.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Vans, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 101, 6.4.2013.