CELEX: 62018TA0040
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Case T-40/18: Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2019 — Ecolab USA v EUIPO (SOLIDPOWER) (EU trade mark — International registration designating the European Union — Word mark SOLIDPOWER — Absolute ground for refusal — Descriptive character — Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

11.3.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 93/59
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2019 — Ecolab USA v EUIPO (SOLIDPOWER)
      (Case T-40/18) (1)
      
      ((EU trade mark - International registration designating the European Union - Word mark SOLIDPOWER - Absolute ground for refusal - Descriptive character - Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001))
      (2019/C 93/76)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Ecolab USA, Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware, United States) (represented by: V. Töbelmann, K. Middelhoff, and C. Saatkamp, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: K. Kompari and D. Walicka, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 9 November 2017 (Case R 1182/2017-5), relating to the international registration designating the European Union in respect of the word mark SOLIDPOWER.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Dismisses the action;
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders Ecolab USA, Inc. to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 104, 19.3.2018.