CELEX: 62020TA0535
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-19 00:00:00
Title: Case T-535/20: Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2021 — Müller v EUIPO (TIER SHOP) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark TIER SHOP — Absolute grounds for refusal — Descriptive character — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Interest in bringing proceedings — Obligation to state reasons — Article 72(4) and the first sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)

5.7.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 263/21
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 19 May 2021 — Müller v EUIPO (TIER SHOP)
      (Case T-535/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark TIER SHOP - Absolute grounds for refusal - Descriptive character - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Interest in bringing proceedings - Obligation to state reasons - Article 72(4) and the first sentence of Article 94(1) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 263/28)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Müller GmbH & Co. KG (Ulm, Germany) (represented by: S. Mühlberger, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: E. Markakis, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 29 June 2020 (Case R 2600/2019-5), concerning an application for registration of the figurative sign TIER SHOP as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Müller GmbH & Co. KG to bear its own costs and to pay those incurred by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 348, 19.10.2020.