CELEX: 62016TA0650
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-13 00:00:00
Title: Case T-650/16: Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2017 — LG Electronics v EUIPO (QD) (EU trade mark — Application for the EU word mark QD — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009)

28.8.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 283/46
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 13 July 2017 — LG Electronics v EUIPO (QD)
   (Case T-650/16) (1)
   
   ((EU trade mark - Application for the EU word mark QD - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 207/2009))
   (2017/C 283/70)
   Language of the case: English
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: LG Electronics, Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) (represented by: R. Schiffer, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: M. Rajh, acting as Agent)
   
      Re:
   
   Action brought against the decision of the First Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 24 May 2016 (Case R 2046/2015-1), relating to an application for registration of the word sign QD as an EU trade mark.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The General Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               Dismisses the action;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               Orders LG Electronics, Inc. to pay the costs.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 402, 31.10.2016.