CELEX: 62018TA0264
Language: en
Date: 2019-07-12 00:00:00
Title: Case T-264/18: Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Gruppo Armonie v EUIPO (mo·da) (EU trade mark — Application for EU figurative mark mo·da — Absolute ground for refusal — No distinctive character — Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 — Absolute ground for refusal in part of the European Union — Article 7(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 — No distinctive character acquired through use — Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001)

9.9.2019   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 305/49
            
         
      Judgment of the General Court of 12 July 2019 — Gruppo Armonie v EUIPO (mo·da)
      (Case T-264/18) (1)
      
      (EU trade mark - Application for EU figurative mark mo·da - Absolute ground for refusal - No distinctive character - Article 7(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 - Absolute ground for refusal in part of the European Union - Article 7(2) of Regulation 2017/1001 - No distinctive character acquired through use - Article 7(3) of Regulation 2017/1001)
      (2019/C 305/58)
      Language of the case: Italian
      
         Parties
      
      
         Applicant: Gruppo Armonie SpA (Casalgrande, Italy) (represented by G. Medri, lawyer)
      
         Defendant: European Union Intellectual Property Office (represented by L. Rampini, acting as Agent)
      
         Re:
      
      Action brought against the decision of the Fifth Board of Appeal of EUIPO of 20 February 2018 (Case R 2065/2017-5) relating to an application for registration of the figurative sign mo·da as an EU trade mark.
      
         Operative part of the judgment
      
      The Court:
      
                  1.
               
               
                  
                     Dismisses the action;
                  
               
            
                  2.
               
               
                  
                     Orders Gruppo Armonie SpA to pay the costs.
                  
               
            
         (1)  OJ C 221, 25.6.2018.