CELEX: 62019TA0048
Language: en
Date: 2020-10-15 00:00:00
Title: Case T-48/19: Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — smart things solutions v EUIPO — Samsung Electronics (smart:)things) (EU trade mark — Invalidity proceedings — EU figurative mark smart:)things — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptiveness — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 — Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

14.12.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 433/44
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 15 October 2020 — smart things solutions v EUIPO — Samsung Electronics (smart:)things)
      (Case T-48/19) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Invalidity proceedings - EU figurative mark smart:)things - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptiveness - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Article 59(1)(a) of Regulation 2017/1001 - Article 95(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2020/C 433/54)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: smart things solutions GmbH (Seefeld, Germany) (represented by: R. Dissmann, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: A. Söder, H. O’Neill and V. Ruzek, acting as Agents)
      
         Other party to the proceedings before the Board of Appeal of EUIPO, intervener before the General Court: Samsung Electronics GmbH (Schwalbach/Taunus, Germany) (represented by: T. Schmitz, M. Breuer and I. Dimitrov, lawyers)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fourth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 November 2018 (Case R 835/2018-4), relating to invalidity proceedings between Samsung Electronics and smart things solutions.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders smart things solutions GmbH to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and by Samsung Electronics GmbH.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 103, 18.3.2019.