CELEX: 62016TA0685
Language: en
Date: 2017-06-27 00:00:00
Title: Case T-685/16: Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2017 — Jiménez Gasalla v EUIPO (B2B SOLUTIONS) (EU trade mark — Application for EU word mark B2B SOLUTIONS — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 — Distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

7.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 256/26
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 27 June 2017 — Jiménez Gasalla v EUIPO (B2B SOLUTIONS)
   (Case T-685/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for EU word mark B2B SOLUTIONS - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 - Distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 256/30)
   Language of the case: Spanish
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Carlos Javier Jiménez Gasalla (Madrid, Spain) (represented by: E. Estella Garbayo, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: J. Crespo Carrillo, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 22 July 2016 (case R 244/2016-4), concerning an application for registration of the word sign B2B SOLUTIONS as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders Mr Carlos Javier Jiménez Gasalla to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 410, 7.11.2016.