CELEX: 62017TA0402
Language: en
Date: 2018-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Cases T-402/17 and T-403/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2018 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (Vienna House and VIENNA HOUSE) (EU trade mark — Applications for EU word mark Vienna House and figurative mark VIENNA HOUSE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Not distinctive — Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001))

201808030692050792018/C 294/604022017TC29420180820EN01ENINFO_JUDICIAL20180703454622Cases T-402/17 and T-403/17: Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2018 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (Vienna House and VIENNA HOUSE) (EU trade mark — Applications for EU word mark Vienna House and figurative mark VIENNA HOUSE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Not distinctive — Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001))
 ---documentbreak--- C2942018EN4520120180703EN0060452462Judgment of the General Court of 3 July 2018 — Vienna International Hotelmanagement v EUIPO (Vienna House and VIENNA HOUSE)
   (Cases T-402/17 and T-403/17) (
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   ‛(EU trade mark — Applications for EU word mark Vienna House and figurative mark VIENNA HOUSE — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Not distinctive — Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1(b) and (c) of Regulation 2017/1001))’2018/C 294/60Language of the case: German
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG (Vienna, Austria) (represented by: E. Zrzavy, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: D. Hanf, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 25 April 2017 (Cases R 333/2016-4 and R 332/2016-4) concerning applications for registration of, on the one hand, the word sign Vienna House and, on the other, the figurative sign VIENNA HOUSE as EU trade marks.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
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            Orders the joinder of Cases T-402/17 and T-403/17 for the purposes of the present judgment;
         
      
            2.
         
         
            Dismisses the actions;
         
      
            3.
         
         
            Orders Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG to pay the costs.
         
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      )	OJ C 277, 21.8.2017.