CELEX: 62016TA0126
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-04 00:00:00
Title: Case T-126/16: Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2017 — 1. FC Köln v EUIPO (SPÜRBAR ANDERS.) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark SPÜRBAR ANDERS. — Absolute grounds for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))

20.11.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 392/21
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 4 October 2017 — 1. FC Köln v EUIPO (SPÜRBAR ANDERS.)
   (Case T-126/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark SPÜRBAR ANDERS. - Absolute grounds for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 (now Article 7(1)(b) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)))
   (2017/C 392/25)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA (Cologne, Germany) (represented by: G. Hasselblatt, V. Töbelmann and S. Stier, lawyers)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: W. Schramek and D. Hanf, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 7 January 2016 (Case R 718/2015-1), concerning an application for registration of the word sign SPÜRBAR ANDERS. as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               The action is dismissed;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA is ordered to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 165, 10.5.2016.