CELEX: 62020TA0118
Language: en
Date: 2020-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Case T-118/20: Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Voco v EUIPO (Shape of packaging) (EU trade mark — Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark — Shape of packaging — Absolute ground for refusal — Lack of distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)

22.2.2021   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 62/30
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 16 December 2020 — Voco v EUIPO (Shape of packaging)
      (Case T-118/20) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for a three-dimensional EU trade mark - Shape of packaging - Absolute ground for refusal - Lack of distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001)
      (2021/C 62/36)
      Language of the case: German
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Voco GmbH (Cuxhaven, Germany) (represented by: C. Spintig and S. Pietzcker, lawyers)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by: R. Cottrell and A. Söder, acting as Agents)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 4 December 2019 (Case R 978/2019-5) concerning an application for registration of a three-dimensional sign consisting of the shape of packaging as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  Annuls the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) of 4 December 2019 (Case R 978/2019-5);
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  Orders EUIPO to pay the costs.
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 129, 20.4.2020.